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ID Tree/Bush please

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  • 24-07-2013 3:31pm
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    Pensivepuca
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    This tree/bush in my garden has been doing my head in for a good few hours, can not see what it is, my books and internet fail me.

    The berries are red when ripe and the birds love it, I do not think it is evergreen, but it does stay green far longer than my elderberry tree.

    Thanks a million.

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    swifts need our help!
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    Cotoneaster frigidus or C. cornuba


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    shrubs
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    Looks like a species of cotoneaster to me, possibly cornubia or similar.
    SNOH got there first!


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    swifts need our help!
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    Cotoneaster frigidus 'Cornubia' a fantastic tree for waxwings because most birds don't eat these berries until after Christmas


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    Pensivepuca
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    :) thanks everyone, was driving me mad so it was. Nice to know what the birds go crazy for.


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    Keplar240B
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    new one !!!!!!!!!!

    whats this common small tree/shrub please?
    often seen along paths, ditches etc?
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    Ulmus
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    Goat willow, Salix caprea. Fluffy seeds are dispersed by the wind and it springs up as an early pioneer species.


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    Pretzill
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    Ulmus wrote: »
    Goat willow, Salix caprea. Fluffy seeds are dispersed by the wind and it springs up as an early pioneer species.

    On Willows in general - sallies and cracked willow especially - I have noticed in the last few weeks their leaves are dying off - blackening and gone crispy - this is through the hedgerow and in the garden - is this just early autumn signs or is their a dieback disease that affects the Willows?


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    Ulmus
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭Ulmus


    Willows are fast-growing but relatively short-lived trees. The summer did seem autumnal but willows get fungal diseases such as black canker which cause die-back.


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