ID this coppice pleas

[WesD]

Hazel, normally coppiced by stick men, great for walking sticks.

 

 

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[Peasgood]

Looks more like Ash to me.

I have been cutting hazel all day and they are more brown than that. Bark looks grey like Ash.

[Treeation]

Definitely hazel

[richardwale]

Definitely hazel

 

Looks too pale for hazel.

 

My guess is willow

[dumper]

I am going with hazel

[dan blocker]

Hazel - To be really sure go back there in August/ September and you will probably have grown some nuts:thumbup:

[peatff]

Looks more like Ash to me.

I have been cutting hazel all day and they are more brown than that. Bark looks grey like Ash.

 

I though it looks like Ash, get a close up picture of the bark as it doesn't look to shine like Hazel, you get papery peel effect on it as well. I make a few walking sticks and Hazel is the favourite but Ash is popular as well.

[Marko]

Thought hazel and the new shoots really do look like hazel but shouldn't the older 3" plus stems be much darker?

[Stubby]

Hazel always looks a silver tinted grey to me . The only reason I went for sweet chestnut was I assumed it wasn't Hazel as the op asked "what is it ? ". I just assumed he would recognize Hazel if it was ..........