Tree ID practice

[MATTMOSS]

Just looked at your website Scott, tis well good:thumbup1:, can i come work for you!!

 

Hi Scott, after robs comments i was curious and had a look at your website, i also think its good. one of the trees that come up on the home page, i recognise it- is it a Monterey cypress at a little church called st tysillio church or something like that down at Angelsey? Ive been to it a couple of times, last time i went it had just been pruned. Did you do the work? made me smile when i saw the pic.

[MATTMOSS]

Another Rob

[RobArb]

I'm gonna go with Quercus ellipsoidalis

 

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[NI Tree]

rob how do you tell it is a northern pin oak Quercus ellipsoidalis

 

not just the pin oak Q palustris

[RobArb]

I don't 100% from those photos but as the leaves look "glossier" in this picture and elliptic in outline I'd thought I'd stump with Q. ellipsoidalis.

 

I may be wrong yet:lol:, its always hard ID'ing from one our two pics alone

 

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[ScottF]

The images actually appeared the wrong way round. The first one, from my front garden, is Daphniphyllum macropodum , a small and increasingly popular tree. I bought this one from Crug Farm gardens near me, and is of Japanese mountain provenance (they grow their trees from self-collected seed.

 

Rob's guess for of Toona sinenis for the second one was a good one, but it's actually Ailanthus altissima. These trees have a fairly common leaf polymorphism which excludes the terminal leaflet (don't ask me why), as shown in the pic. The terminal leaflet was present on most of the other leaves, and the irregular, asymmetric teeth, along with the distinctive bark confirmed the ID.

 

Fun and games.

[RobArb]

Yup the lack of terminal leaflet got me! thats why when ID'ing I always ask for as much detail as possible, the more info the better chance of getting a positive ID:biggrin:

 

Nice one Scott, good images, and I'll be looking into that one in your front garden.

 

Seriously though, any jobs going?

 

 

 

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[MATTMOSS]

I'm gonna go with Quercus ellipsoidalis

 

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It is just the Pin Oak, Rob. but you are good enough for me.

[RobArb]

thanks:thumbup:

 

Just plain ole Q. palustris then:lol:

 

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[RobArb]

OK this ones for Tony to start our little "challenge":biggrin:

 

First 2 pics, what is it?

 

Third pic, everyone can have a go:001_smile: