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Post by rowanberry on Nov 7, 2020 20:41:28 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on Nov 8, 2020 5:19:53 GMT
Look like haws to me.
On Friday I was in Richmond Park in the fog & my tree of the day was a North American Tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica over a pond in Isabella plantation. Stunning red coloration to the foliage which somebody was photographing.
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Post by rowanberry on Nov 8, 2020 9:20:31 GMT
I did wonder about them being haws Aeshna, but it's one of those municipal trees planted along the pavement and I don't remember there being a hawthorn along that particular road. It's growing like a proper tree rather than a shrub, and around our way the local council seem to favour varieties of cherry trees.
If we go for a walk today I'll try and get a better look at it, and get a photo of the trunk.
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Post by aeshna5 on Nov 8, 2020 14:08:50 GMT
I did wonder about them being haws Aeshna, but it's one of those municipal trees planted along the pavement and I don't remember there being a hawthorn along that particular road. It's growing like a proper tree rather than a shrub, and around our way the local council seem to favour varieties of cherry trees. If we go for a walk today I'll try and get a better look at it, and get a photo of the trunk. Maybe one of the ornamental thorns in the same genus if it's growing as a street tree. Certainly looks like a Crataegus sp.
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Post by ianr on Jun 7, 2022 6:06:16 GMT
I don't know if I would go as far as tree of the day because they all tend to look a tad scabby these days but the local conker trees are looking fully loaded this year so far ian
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Post by ianr on Jun 24, 2022 4:53:29 GMT
This is really some tree very tall very wide the picture doesn't show the width but say I planted my face in the middle of the trunk stretched out my arm I'd not touch the edges and the deep ridges of bark have a hollow sound when knocked almost cork like ian by ian robinson, on Flickr by ian robinson, on Flickr
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Post by ianr on Jun 29, 2022 9:22:08 GMT
Nice characterful log cool the way the bark has gone leaving the ridges behind ian log by ian robinson, on Flickr
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Post by ianr on Jul 14, 2022 7:28:04 GMT
In the park I walk the dog around there's a magnificent old beech, that sadly has split and large branches are cracking off as happens with old beech trees. There taking it down now and shredding it, needs to be done for safety's sake and there spreading the remains around the park as a mulch. The thing you notice on the fallen branches is the large amount of mast and the same goes for the other beech trees, plus unlike last year where there were almost none this year all the oaks seem to be covered in acornlings 'is that a word?' hope they don't all drop off ian
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 21, 2022 4:49:03 GMT
Saw a few interesting trees on our tree group meeting yesterday at Colliers Wood. By a school outside a recreation ground was a fine Roble Beech (a Nothofagus, so not a true beech) with attractive small leaves & a distinctive bark. This tree originates from Chile/Argentina.
Inside the recreation ground were 2 trees I don't recall seeing before (possibly I may have passed them at Kew). First was Mongolian Lime with dissected leaves looking more like a type of birch or maple, but with distinctive lime fruits.
Very impressive was Henry's Lime, from China, which has large leaves with attractive prominent cilia around the margins.
Interestingly these exotics looked far healthier in the heat than some of our natives such as the birches, many of which looked to be dying.
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Post by ianr on Oct 3, 2023 6:32:26 GMT
Seems to be a good year for conkers around here a few small chestnut trees along the road side are dropping lots onto the path what with the wind and rain and all that. You can't resist picking up a couple can you as a kid I'd have filled my pockets but as a kid the trees hadn't been planted then ian
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