Tree i.d

wayoutwest

Does anyone know what tree this is?
It was in leaf very early. ILots of shoots coming up 10 metres into the garden, as well from the base of tree. Pic taken a couple of weeks ago.
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the_syco

I'm not really a tree dude, but it looks like birch? How light in colour is the trunk of the tree?

wayoutwest

Definitely a tree....it has a trunk, branches and is 5 metres tall. Not downy or silver birch.

the_syco

Yeah, I worded the start of that sentence badly

Could you take a close up picture of a leaf? Some trees have several variations.

tabby aspreme

Looks like a willow

Melodeon

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Looks like a willow

I'd concur with this, it looks very like a willow all right.

Genghis Cant

I'm only looking at it on the phone but it looks like a green poplar to me.
They're demons for putting up suckers too.

SlowBlowin

Looks like a happy tree to me, good job.

wayoutwest

Thanks for replies. Going there tomorrow - so will get pic of leaves then. I remember the young leaves being very glossy and developed even 3 or 4 weeks ago - i think it was the first thing in the garden to be in leaf - before the whitethorn and the elder.

80sDiesel

Probably poplar. Hybrid or trembling poplar. They do sucker. The easily way to identify one is if the leaves move easily in the wind.

wayoutwest

Pics of leaves
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SlowBlowin

wayoutwest wrote: »

Pics of leaves
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Looks more like Ivy ?

Whats the weather like down your way Tim ?

wayoutwest

SlowBlowin wrote: »

Looks more like Ivy ?

Whats the weather like down your way Tim ?

Not ivy
Weather - a little light rain, odd breeze
Not called Tim.

Genghis Cant

wayoutwest wrote: »

Pics of leaves
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I'm sticking with Poplar.

wayoutwest

Thanks to all for pointing me in the right direction....it looks like it could be a hybrid poplar, which is apparently a member of the willow family. This pic of leaf from hybid poplar nursary website looks the same. Can't believe how far the root system has spread for such a small tree ..could be a good firewood tree, as it is mean't to coppice well and easily grown from cuttings. Its a very pretty tree, but looks a bit too invasive for a house garden - think i'll introduce some cuttings to my little cutaway bog coppicing project (downy/silver birch + goat willow) where it can be rampant as it likes.poplar_leaf_4.jpg

wayoutwest

Is it too late in the year to take and plant 6 - 8" cuttings ?

timfromtang

wayoutwest wrote: »

Not ivy
Weather - a little light rain, odd breeze
Not called Tim.

Hi Wayout et al,
Am called tim
Not from the west,
from the middle,
concur its likely a hybrid poplar although the shiny waxy leaves are unusual.
tim

NancyG

Why cut it down? It's a lovely shaped tree, nice colour leaves which come early, free from pests and its not an overly large tree.......all of which seems to me to make it an appropriate tree for a garden with a bit of space...like yours seems to have. Yes, the suckers are a nuisance but just cut them back or plant elsewhere as you suggest. You could always plant a climber up it if you wanted to add some summer interest to it, a big climbing rose scrambling up through it could look nice. Anyway, glad to see there's a concensus on it, I agree that it's probably a hybrid poplar.

wayoutwest

NancyG wrote: »

Why cut it down? It's a lovely shaped tree, nice colour leaves which come early, free from pests and its not an overly large tree.......all of which seems to me to make it an appropriate tree for a garden with a bit of space...like yours seems to have. Yes, the suckers are a nuisance but just cut them back or plant elsewhere as you suggest. You could always plant a climber up it if you wanted to add some summer interest to it, a big climbing rose scrambling up through it could look nice. Anyway, glad to see there's a concensus on it, I agree that it's probably a hybrid poplar.

Hi Nancy - I didn't say that i was going to fell it.....but as it is only 4 metres from gable end of house and 3 metres from sewer pipes , i might have to. You are right in that its a beautifull tree, but it has unfortunately been planted in an inappropiate place. Given that it has such an extensive, vigorous root system and its ability to be coppiced - i don't know whether felling it would solve the problem of avoiding house foundation/sewer pipe damage....it might make things worse?

Dinzee Conlee

Sorry to hijack thread, but I have the same question on a plant I found this morning...

Is this an oak? I’m fairly sure it is, but am just a bit surprised as we don’t have much oak around here at all...

baaba maal

Most certainly an oak- the acorn may have been stored and forgotten by a bird or squirrel.

wayoutwest

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Sorry to hijack thread, but I have the same question on a plant I found this morning...

Is this an oak? I’m fairly sure it is, but am just a bit surprised as we don’t have much oak around here at all...

Anyone know what type of oak it is - sessile/robur/other ? With there being 600 different types , oak leaf identificaion is a bit of a hobby for some.