Tree Identification

Posted by David56802 on July 3, 2011, 3:54 pm

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Can anyone please help me to identify this tree growing in my local
park?

It was hard to photograph the foliage in the shade, so I snapped the
ones growing out of the trunk. They are very distinctive.

Taken last week (30th June).

Thanks in advance.

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David56802

Posted by Janet on July 3, 2011, 7:24 pm

@gardenbanter.co.uk says...

Probably some kind of ornamental crab apple (malus)

Janet

Posted by David56802 on July 5, 2011, 5:48 pm

I have attached a couple more pics below which should aid
identification.

Any more ideas?

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Posted by Janet on July 6, 2011, 6:47 am

@gardenbanter.co.uk says...

You could describe any flowers or fruit you've noticed. I still think
it's a crab apple.

Janet

Posted by Spider on July 6, 2011, 5:44 pm

On 06/07/2011 11:47, Janet wrote:

I wasn't sure with the first image, Janet, but I felt the twiggy growth
in the canopy to be more like Prunus, perhaps something like Prunus
cerasifera Nigra?? I'm prepared to be wrong, but I have a Crab Apple
(Malus sp) and a Prunus with dark foliage, and think the pics are nearer
the Prunus. I would go out and look, but it's dark now!

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