Tree ID please

[richardwale]

This tree is in the garden of the Barbara Hepworth museum in Cornwall. Really smooth almost stripe like bark. It was raining so poor pic I'm afraid.

[MATTMOSS]

Tree of heaven, ailanthus

[Mick Dempsey]

I thought that as well, I think that has to be the most requested id on here, seems to catch a lot of people out. Me as well first time I came across it.

[MATTMOSS]

I thought that as well, I think that has to be the most requested id on here, seems to catch a lot of people out. Me as well first time I came across it.

 

When I started learning the basic tree id's I always thought it was ash

[Kveldssanger]

Beautiful colours right now in the south east. Rich reds on the females.

[Arborowen]

Hard to tell from photos but I have seen people go straight for Alianthus when it has in fact been Pterocarya fraxinafolia. Flowers make it obvious though if available.

[MATTMOSS]

Hard to tell from photos but I have seen people go straight for Alianthus when it has in fact been Pterocarya fraxinafolia. Flowers make it obvious though if available.

 

I find it's the bark of the ailanthus is the id feature for me.

Yes the leaves are similar tho.

[daltontrees]

Hard to tell from photos but I have seen people go straight for Alianthus when it has in fact been Pterocarya fraxinafolia. Flowers make it obvious though if available.

 

I saw one out on survey today. The leaflets have a notch near the base, and it's pretty much the standard check I do to eliminate all other possibilites.

 

 

The alternative is to climb it and fall to the deck as a sound-looking branch gives way beneath you.

[richardwale]

Hard to tell from photos but I have seen people go straight for Alianthus when it has in fact been Pterocarya fraxinafolia. Flowers make it obvious though if available.

 

Fair play to you guys, you really know your stuff, great knowledge. We went to

Trebah gardens today ( they have 9 Champion trees by the way, largest girth or tallest in the UK, really cool place) and the Pterocarya is in flower so the tree in Hepworths place is Ailanthus. Thanks.

[Kveldssanger]

Caucasian wingnuts are beautiful. Got a few large ones in my patch and they're on another level as a specimen tree.