Tree ID practice

[jwade]

Here's the official labelws from Ardkinglas. Full marks all round.

 

c.japonicum is actually in it's own family. Cercidiphyllaceae, contrary to what the label states.

[daltontrees]

The guy who labelled the Katsura even spelt Cercidiphyllum wrong, maybe wasn't very clued up on taxonomy either.

The most recent addition isn't either of those two guesses. You are forgiven for not getting it right first time, I was surveying trees for the Council in Glasgow Botanics when I came acrooss a mature one of these and was an embarrassed and stubborn 1/2 an hour with ident books before I was comfortable with my ident, I didn't dare admit to the manager that i didn't know what it was.

As ever, photo taken of lowest leaves and may be slightly unrepresentative.

OK, here's the bark. Very young.

[RobArb]

Its got to be an Acer with bark like that and opposite leaf attachment?

[jwade]

The guy who labelled the Katsura even spelt Cercidiphyllum wrong, maybe wasn't very clued up on taxonomy either.

The most recent addition isn't either of those two guesses. You are forgiven for not getting it right first time, I was surveying trees for the Council in Glasgow Botanics when I came acrooss a mature one of these and was an embarrassed and stubborn 1/2 an hour with ident books before I was comfortable with my ident, I didn't dare admit to the manager that i didn't know what it was.

As ever, photo taken of lowest leaves and may be slightly unrepresentative.

OK, here's the bark. Very young.

 

It's gotta be one of the snakebark maples?

 

I'll reel off the obvious ones that come to mind... Acer capillipes, Acer rufinerve, Acer Davidii. Judging by the colour it looks more a. davidii or one of it's subsp.

[MATTMOSS]

I thought Acer distylum but if its not i will go A davidii or maybe

A grosseri?

[jwade]

I thought Acer distylum but if its not i will go A davidii or maybe

A grosseri?

 

Yep, could possibly be... A. grosseri is thought to be a subsp of A.davidii me thinks.

 

I'm leaning towards A.capillipes, the striations don't look as white as on some of the other snakebarks. Could be wrong though! A. distylum isn't that often encountered.

[daltontrees]

Sorry, I realise now the foliage pic is a poor one as it doesn't have the tips of leaves showing. Could be a A. davidii 'George Forrest' it has almost circular leaves.

 

See if you can get this next one just from the bark and the whole-tree picture.

[RobArb]

Bark looks like a Fraxinus, form looks like a Salix

[daltontrees]

I agree with your observations but neither is correct. By the way, it's not something exotic.

[nepia]

Feel free to laugh but my first thought was an alder with the dark colouring and the fact that it's in wet ground isn't it?

Beyond 'alder'... that's down to those who know what they're on about.

 

Jon