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Tree ID

Holy Diver · 2019-03-29 21:03:10

Hi, Can someone ID this tree? I appreciate the photo isn’t great. The leaves are a reddy brown

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29-03-2019 10:03pm

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Holy Diver

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Hi,
Can someone ID this tree?
I appreciate the photo isn’t great. The leaves are a reddy brown

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#2 29-03-2019 10:25pm
blackbox

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Probably Purple Leaved Plum Tree (Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra')

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#3 29-03-2019 10:25pm
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A flowering cherry, perhaps?

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#4 29-03-2019 10:25pm
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looks like some sort of purple leaved cherry.

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#5 29-03-2019 10:37pm
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Blackbox is probably spot on. Cherry blossoms generally have a small split or notch at the end of each petal, whereas plum blossom have more rounded petals with no notches.

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