Tree id help please

[colemanjessenz]

Nah, Just go back and tip a load of Yew on top to cover it up!

 

Maybe some robinia on top of that one .

 

 

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[openspaceman]

Took a tree down today and am unsure what it is, it grew up with several stems but not a massive spread in the canopy and the leaf stems are red in colour, any ideas?[ATTACH]128056[/ATTACH]

 

Did you get any pictures of the bark? I have been struggling over the ident for what seems to be padus, leaf as yours with red petiole, but the bark looks distinctly ailanthus like rather than dark with lenticels.

[Coletti]

Did you get any pictures of the bark? I have been struggling over the ident for what seems to be padus, leaf as yours with red petiole, but the bark looks distinctly ailanthus like rather than dark with lenticels.

 

Will grab a pick when I get home and post it up. The thing that got me questioning weather it was poisonous or not was that the chip smelt like laurel chip which I know is poisonous, I should have just gone with my gut instinct...ah well, you live and learn I guess. In future I shall be treating anything that smells like almonds as poisonous haha

 

All sorted now as well, me and my brother went and cleared it all up this morning, loaded a hi sided transit full in 35 mins , knackered now though haha

[openspaceman]

In future I shall be treating anything that smells like almonds as poisonous haha

 

All sorted now as well, me and my brother went and cleared it all up this morning, loaded a hi sided transit full in 35 mins , knackered now though haha

 

Wise

 

...but did you wear face masks

 

 

See mine, leaves look line padus but bark is grey/green

[Coletti]

We didnt no, maybe should have done but was too keen on getting it cleared as the horses on the yard were worth up wards of £30k. heres a pic of the bark

 

 

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[openspaceman]

We didnt no, maybe should have done but was too keen on getting it cleared as the horses on the yard were worth up wards of £30k. heres a pic of the bark[ATTACH]128104[/ATTACH][ATTACH]128105[/ATTACH]

 

 

 

Thanks that seems the same then

[daltontrees]

It looks like Prunus padus to me. The two distinctive things for ID would be base of leaf shape and the two cherry glands on the leaf stalk, both covered in the pic.

I believe all the Prunus padus subgenus are fairly high in cyanide, with a history of poisoning browsing animals.