Plant & Weed ID Megathread

I'm useless at describing smells, so I'd call it clovey orange 🙂

Cercidiphyllum japonicum aka Judus Tree. Great smaller tree but where I had a couple in the UK the new leaves sometimes got hit with late spring frosts. Magnificent autumn color along with the smell.

Thats the other Judas Tree :-) Which I remember as (whats that tree called) silly question. Cercis siliquastrum. Its probably better to call the other the Japanese Judas Tree. I seem to remember the leaves can be a little similar but obviously not the flowers.

So thats smelly leaves Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Japanese Judas Tree

and flowering Cercis siliquastrum, Judas Tree

In case anyone asks why the Cercis siliquastrum is called the Judas Tree, is its the tree that Judas is supposed to have hung himself on. Any gardener will tell you it never produces branches strong enough to hang yourself on.

Best guess would be sycamore. If there are a lot of them then that on its own is fairly diagnostic.

That one is not an Irish native :-) https://www.ucc.ie/en/tree-explorers/trees/a-z/acerpseudoplatanus/ - Sycamore.

An anomaly, cutting has decided to produce white flowers, and there are white varieties of flowering current around probably due to the same process. It should continue to do so if you plant it out.

Don't think they can be anything other than Sycamore just based on how common Sycamore is? Field Maple is a possibility, same family and at that stage of growth almost impossible to distinguish from Sycamore.

Sycamore - Acer pseudoplatanus

Field Maple - Acer campestra

Field Maple is more of a very large shrub, can sometimes make a good size tree and often planted in the UK in mixed hedgerow plantings. Nice species to have for biodiversity but still not a native.

This is quite a good guide. The key point to note is opposite buds https://www.field-studies-council.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FP1-Trees-in-winter-FINAL.pdf