Tree ID practice

[nepia]

Not so much a test as a genuine question: what oak is this? I've tried two books and the closest I can find I think is Lucombe Oak but the leaves are way bigger than the book allows for that hybrid.

It's on a sandy south-facing bank in West Sussex; don't know what the subsoil is though.

I doubt it's anything rare if its neighbours are anything to go by; some robur and some rubra.

Thanks RobArb!

 

Jon

[RobArb]

From these photos (I'm on me phone) it just looks like a young red oak - Q. rubra to me, the leaves on these can be quite variable

 

Will have a proper look on the laptop at some point though:biggrin:

 

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[nepia]

Thanks Rob. Wouldn't surprise me; that's what the next two trees to its right are but their barks are not as grey or smooth and the leaves are more conventional for rubra. Point taken on the leaf variability though, calculated to fool the amateur!

[Al Cormack]

Here's one for you Rob. First time I've seen one of these:

 

 

 

[Daniël Bos]

Sorbus Horizontalis!

[Al Cormack]

Sorbus Horizontalis!

 

Doesn't matter which way round I have the photo orientated, it goes in the wrong way round from my Galaxy S3.

[RobArb]

Here's one for you Rob. First time I've seen one of these:

 

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Not sure Al, is it some sort of cut leaved elm or Zelkova? Or even a cut leaved southern beech (Mithridates dombeyi)?

 

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[RobArb]

I meant nothofagus not Mithridates

why can't I modify/edit my posts in tapatalk no more?

 

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[Al Cormack]

Nope. Keep guessing.

1st time I've seen one in my 28 year career.

It comes from NZ.

[alliaria]

Dodonia viscosa?