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  1. mindofmercury
    Hello all, back again, found this apparently three-lobed leaf and was a bit foxed ... what do we reckon? Red Maple? Please ignore book behind, was trying to get the twig in focus! 😁
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    It's all relative, after all ... 😄
  3. mindofmercury
    Hi all, another ident question - is this Sorbus aria, do you reckon? The yellowy fruit is throwing me off a bit.
  4. mindofmercury
    Nope, Oxford!
  5. mindofmercury
    Fist-sized! Good shout everyone, I think Monterey pine looks like the most likely candidate now. Thanks!
  6. mindofmercury
    3 needle pine! I'm wondering if it might be Ponderosa pine or Coulter pine. Any thoughts?
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    👍 Thanks Steve! Just checked my ID book - up to 15-30cm for Catalpa, to 10cm wide for Cercis. Wowzer.
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    Lots also comes down to the soil type. If the soil type isn't shrinkable then the foundations will be highly unlikely to be affected. You can check soil type by using the bgs.ac.uk Geology of Britain viewer and entering postcode 👍 Other questions about leaf drop, catkins, etc. would fall more under the nuisance category rather than structural concern. But yes, as Mick Dempsey has already said, at current size it's not an issue.
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    Any possibility of getting a shot of the tree itself and bark? Bark colour would help. Odd-shaped green cone made me wonder if it could be maritime pine, but the needles would have to be really long and thick (12-25cm) according to my ID books. How long are the needles? Scots pine should be around 5-7cm. Are you in the UK or USA, OP?
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    Looks like Cercis siliquastrum, agreed. I'm trying to train my tree ID eyes, what would you say the biggest difference between Catalpa and Cercis siliquastrum is? Shape of beans / size of leaf?
  11. mindofmercury
    Thanks David, Three more pics - believe all three are the same species...
  12. mindofmercury
    Hi all. Wondered if anyone else agrees with my identification of Prunus avium? (Infected with Phellinus pomaceus?) Many thanks!
  13. mindofmercury
    Hi all, I've just picked up the course materials again after a break. Have requested to join the Facebook group, looking forward to seeing how everyone's getting on. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Arbtalk mobile app
  14. mindofmercury
    Thanks a lot! Glad to know I wasn't a million miles off. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Arbtalk mobile app
  15. mindofmercury
    Hello all, Seeking to improve my ID skills, would appreciate someone else's eyes on this ... Is this an aspen or a poplar of some description? Populus tremula? Thanks in advance!
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    Thanks everyone!
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    Hi all, Bit stumped by this one - a friend sent me these pics. Very distinctive green bark on the twigs, but weird variety in leaf shape it seems to me. Any ideas? Cheers in advance
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    Sounds great to me - will drop you an email imminently. Thanks for the suggestion!
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    Cheers - that seemed to be what my tutor was saying. Any diagrams from books, magazines, the internet (w/attribution) should be fine. The first assignment - you mean the soil formation handbook one? HCC seem pretty relaxed about time limits - I haven't had any email or phone contact with them to say there's any set limit. I get the impression that each person can go through the course very much at their own pace. That's what I've found so far, anyway!
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    Thanks! Yes - for the handbooks I've done thus far I've only used Microsoft Word, adding headings, typing up the answers to the questions section by section, breaking down the information as simply as possible, adding in a couple of basic sketches. My tutor's quite keen on diagrams, etc. so have been trying to add what I can. To be fair, he's pretty quick to reply when I've had queries.
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    Hello all, I've started the course with HCC recently as well. To be honest, I've been struggling with motivation quite a lot. I'm about 90 pages into the course. My tutor's recommending I add some diagrams/photos to the assignments to enhance them - can anyone who's done the course already please share their experience as to what they're looking for? Hand-drawn sketches? Diagrams reproduced from online/textbooks/reference materials (with attribution)? I'm really doing this course to see if arboriculture is for me - I currently work for an arboricultural consultancy doing mainly CAD work. If this course goes well, I may aim to complete a level 4 course. I'll see.
  22. mindofmercury
    Hi there, I'm new to this site, apologies if this question has been comprehensively answered already...! My father is a tree consultant - he got into it through the surgery route, with later study, qualifications etc. I've been working part-time for him for several years now, helping out on reports, doing site visits, measuring trees, drawing scale plans first on paper, then AutoCAD, etc. I'm looking to be more useful in the business (junior consultant sort of thing), but need to learn more about trees, and how they actually work! Bottom line: Will the RFS level 2 course be a good way to go as I aim to become a junior consultant in the future (e.g. go on to level 4, 6 perhaps)? (And to get the Cert. Arb. RFS qualification, will I need NPTC certs.?) I can only train/work part-time at the moment, having other time constraints. Thank you all for your time in considering these questions.

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