Tree and plant ID please?!

fleabag

Can anyone identify this plant and this tree for me please?

I was waiting for the plant to flower to try and id but as you can see on the photograph, the flower head withered before flowering so no joy there.
It is growing at the base of an ash tree in the hedgerow in what appears to be fairly clay soil.

The tree is one of several that are dying or dead in the hedgerows of the fields near me. I can't identify it properly from the field guide I have so any definite id would be appreciated.

Thanks and sorry for not being able to attach the photos properly!

Ulmus

Plant is Verbascum, common name Mullein. Tree is elm. After the early growth stage they get Dutch Elm Disease.

fleabag

Thank you, I was thinking elm for the tree due to the number of dead 'uns. Have never, ever seen mullein before anywhere. Because it hasn't flowered this year, I suppose it won't be back next year?

Desmo

Ulmus wrote: »

Plant is Verbascum, common name Mullein. Tree is elm. After the early growth stage they get Dutch Elm Disease.

With a name like Ulmus, that should have been easy :-)

Ulmus

The elm is my favourite tree. Sad they're gone from the landscape like this one by wildlife artist and conservationist David Shepherd.

Mullein grows on disturbed ground and it can pop up in gardens. It's a biennial -it flowers, sets seed and dies in the second year. (The leaves in your photo also look like foxglove but I'll go with mullein. There should be others in flower nearby).

Desmo

Ulmus wrote: »

The elm is my favourite tree. Sad they're gone from the landscape like this one by wildlife artist and conservationist David Shepherd.

Mullein grows on disturbed ground and it can pop up in gardens. It's a biennial -it flowers, sets seed and dies in the second year. (The leaves in your photo also look like foxglove but I'll go with mullein. There should be others in flower nearby).

I can remember when they went. It was a tragedy. Some of the oldest and biggest trees in the city centre were just wiped out. It also happened something like 5000-7000 years ago when elm pollen suddenly just vanished from the Irish pollen records. They are fantastic trees.

Cork boy 55

Bump tree id thread ! :cool:

Whatabout this tree/sapling !!

I think its a birch the bark is brown so a not a sliver one

got some saplings growing on my land that i did NOT plant ?

Desmo

Yes birch; they self seed around the place; probably no one planted them.

Cork boy 55

Thanks

think i leave them grow they don't get too tall
"It is a deciduous tree growing to 10–20 m tall (rarely to 27 m), "