What tree is this

[Gary Watson]

going back there this afternoon. I will post shots tonight. I will take a better camera cause those were taken on a mobile phone. A tape measure for the trunk width, my wife can stand beside it to get an idea of the hieght. She is not a midget though

 

Cheers

Gary

[daltontrees]

You said something about the other trees in the area all being Beech and something else. If you look in the leaf litter at the base of the tree for any leaf forms that aren't from species that you know, it will narrow it down. Aspen leaves are so distinctive that if there is only one of this tree in the area and you find Aspen leaves nearby I'd say you've got most of the evidence you need to confirm it's Aspen.

 

Also if there are any recent wind breakages lying around that look like they came off this tree, have a look at the buds. Some guide books describe the buds as 'painfully sharp' or words to that effect. Stick one into your thumb pad and you'll soon know.

[kev7937]

Don't see allot of aspen round my way so having googled it still going with cherry, gonna stick my neck out and gonna say just a woodland grown moss covered avium that's not 30m.

[Gary Watson]

Hmm seems size does matter :-) will check it

[martwizz]

I cant imagine the tree being 30m with that DBH (based on the perspective in the photo), so my guess is cherry. Interesting to see how even the split of guesses is!

[Gary Watson]

Ok, so here are some more pictures. The trunk about 3 feet up the tree is 16" across. There is also a photo of some of the leaves at the base of the tree and my wife is about 5' 6" tall. Cant get all of the tree in the picture to show its true hieght but its got to be at least 25 metres at least. My wife has her hand on the tree in the last shot. Also in the last shot it is the only tree in the wood with those bark markings. The rest of the wood has, chesnut, elm, beech, oak, sycamore.

[Gary Watson]

one more shot.

[Gary Watson]

sorry wrong shot!!!!!!!!!!!! that was in gambia:001_smile:

[Pinkfoot]

It is a big tree with leaves around the bottom of it : biggrin :

 

I am going to make a professional opinion on the leaves and twigs scattered about the place.

(You might call it a guess)

Twigs. Poplar and ash.

Leaves. Sweet chestnut, sycamore and some other stuff.

Verdict...

Once we know for certain,I will tell you

[Gary Prentice]

Prunus avium - without doubt in my tiny mind