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Trees ID please

sharanshrubssharanshrubs Posts: 74
in Problem solving
Need help identifying these 4 trees please. I have attached a few close up photos.










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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    1. Bay Tree

    3 Silver Birch

    4. Could be Beech.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    I think tree 1 is a Holm Oak, Quercus Ilex. Tree 3 might be a Cherry Plum, Prunus Cerasifera.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I think @Borderline has a typo and 2 is a prunus.  3 is a silver birch.  4 may be beech.

    I think 1 looks like our bay trees - the edible kind, not the hedging kind.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Apologies, Obelixx is right, I meant photo 2 is a Prunus, not 3.

    Tree number 1 shows emerging catkins. Bay flowers don't look like that.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Could be.  I looked at the leaves and form, not the catkin thingies.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • sharanshrubssharanshrubs Posts: 74
    Thank you all. Great to know I have in my garden!
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