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Need tree identifying please!

lindseykelly64lindseykelly64 Posts: 2
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Hi
Please can someone tell me what this is?

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Welcome to the forums.
    Sorry pic is not detailed enough.
    Please can you add clear close up pics to show the twigs/leaves/seeds/berries.
    Where is this tree..UK?

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Hmmm...tricky one this ; the trunk resembles Pyrus amygdaliformis , but the foliage (from what I can make out) has a slight likeness (with the serrated leaves)  to P.pyrifolia . Indistinct picture .
    Probably 100% wrong here , just a shot in the dark .
  • lindseykelly64lindseykelly64 Posts: 2
    No fruits I'm afraid, just leaves..

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Thanks.
    However pics still not clear.
    Maybe try picking a small branch and laying it flat to show whether leaves are opposite or alternate.
    To shape of leaf...length of stalk.. vein arrangements....whether  leaf edges smooth or serrated etc.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I can't really see the leaves clearly but could it be a common lime (Tilia x europaea)?
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    BobTheGardener said:
    I can't really see the leaves clearly but could it be a common lime (Tilia x europaea)?
    I suspect it is not Tilia x europaea, as this tree is notorious for suckering from the base.
    Infact as a street tree it is a pain because of this....see pics below taken in the spring showing congested mass of twiggy growth.
    Leaf shape from what I can see is not right.
    Normally Lime trees turn a glorious butter yellow in the autumn.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia_×_europaea#/media/File:Tilia_x_europea-1.JPG



    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Tilia leaves are more heart shaped, I reckon.  My guess would be a prunus of some sort, based on the leaf shape - but the photos aren't really clear enough to be sure.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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