Shrub ID please

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  July 2023

  Goat willow?

  Devon.

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  July 2023

  I think it looks like goat willow too, also called pussy willow. They can pop up like weeds and grow into big trees. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/goat-willow/

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2023

  I agree with @Hostafan1  that looks like Goat willow aka Caprea Salix … the seeds float on the air and take root anywhere they land … that’s probably what’s happened here .., a great tree for wildlife if you have several acres … otherwise I’d get rid of it before it takes over. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• gummomarx Posts: 16

  July 2023

  Thanks very much to you all.
  

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• plant pauper Posts: 6,904

  July 2023 edited July 2023

  Dovefromabove said:

  I agree with @Hostafan1  that looks like Goat willow aka Caprea Salix … the seeds float on the air and take root anywhere they land … that’s probably what’s happened here .., a great tree for wildlife if you have several acres … otherwise I’d get rid of it before it takes over. 

  Can confirm! I have them self seeded all over the place. They make the most awful mess and get huge without you noticing! They're sneaky like that. My biggest one was about that size when I moved in and now the leccy man says it has to go or it'll start impinging on his wires. Oh dear, how sad, ner mind. The only question now is should I run out with my little chainsaw and do it myself or wait till the Sunday during the week when they decide to turn up... 🤨
  
  Belfast you say? Place is fulla goats! Ask me how I know! 🤣

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• gummomarx Posts: 16

  July 2023

  Right - yer asked.
  

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