What tree is this

[Gary Watson]

I am new to this forum and just learning my trees. I am stuck on this one though. It is about 30 mts tall, shapped a bit like an elm, kind of silver birch bark at the bottom, but as you go up the tree it has rings around it close together and the rings are like ridges (positive). The foliage you can see is nothing to do with this tree, it is bare. Can anyone help.

 

I am down in south devon near the coast if that helps and the tree is in a wood that is occupied with beach and elm mainly

Edited January 3, 2014 by Gary Watson

[Stephen Blair]

Aspin or pop maybe

[se7enthdevil]

downy birch??

[kev7937]

Cherry?

[mad matty]

Birch, of some sort??

[Steve Bullman]

Birch, of some sort??

if the stated height of 30m is anywhere near accurate I think we can safely rule out a Birch.

 

Looks like Aspen to me

Edited January 3, 2014 by Steve Bullman

[mad matty]

Could make a better guess with a photo of canopy!

[PC tree]

Aspen

[Gary Watson]

I am going back to the woods tomorrow, i will try to get a decent shot of the canopy but with the other trees so close and mixing with it, i should think it would be difficult to pick it out with a photo, but lets try. Its difficult aswell to pick out the dead leaves on the ground cause they are mixed in with everything else. I will see if i can find Aspen leaves underneath.

[woodyguy]

Pictures not great but at that height and with bark like that it can only be Aspen or white poplar. I'd go for Aspen though.