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Plant & Weed ID Megathread

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  • #32
    finla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭finla


    looksee wrote: »
    Is Hottentot fig the same as mesembryanthemum?

    Yes, seems it is. https://www.gardenershq.com/Mesembryanthemum-Fig-Marigold.php


  • #33
    Day Lewin
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    @effects


    Hottentot Fig is an invasive: please do NOT let this get loose, especially not near beaches.

    https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discover-wild-plants-nature/plant-fungi-species/hottentot-fig

    That is an English website but this plant is on Irish "invasive species" lists too. Best to keep it indoors or in close quarters and if ever you dispose of it, burn it and bin it, no dumping anywhere in the wild.

    If I may ask, where did you find these plants?


  • #34
    looksee
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    Goodness I wasn't aware of its invasive nature, I have only ever seen it growing in gardens.


  • #35
    Roen
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    Anyone got an idea? The catkins/flowering heads have me thrown off. Alder? Smooth barked. Fell in the storm last night unfortunately.

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  • #36
    looksee
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    Looks like goat willow?


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  • #37
    Roen
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    Anything I can do to make it more identifiable?
    Cheers so far!


  • #38
    macraignil
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    Roen wrote: »
    Anything I can do to make it more identifiable?
    Cheers so far!


    It looks like a type of willow to me as well but I read somewhere that they hybridize fairly frequently so it might be a cross between different willow varieties. Are there any similar trees in the area?


  • #39
    MeTheMan
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    This grows along the shore near me every year. Roots smell like celery.


  • #40
    MeTheMan
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    This grows along the shore near me every year. Roots smell like celery.

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  • #41
    Dtp1979
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    Saw this in the woods the other day. Looked unusual to me. What is it?


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  • #42
    Dtp1979
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    Won’t let me post a pic sorry


  • #43
    Roen
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    macraignil wrote: »
    It looks like a type of willow to me as well but I read somewhere that they hybridize fairly frequently so it might be a cross between different willow varieties. Are there any similar trees in the area?

    One right next to it and one in the front garden. Totally different type of willow in the front though.
    Cheers.


  • #44
    Varta
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    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    Can someone tell me what type of tree this is from the picture of the buds opening please ?

    It's a variety of plum (not edible). Stunning tree in bloom.


  • #45
    lottpaul
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    MeTheMan wrote: »
    This grows along the shore near me every year. Roots smell like celery.

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    Looks like Lovage. Leaves are used in soups and salads but to me they are very strong smelling. I keep it for the ornamental value.


  • #46
    New Home
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    Just be very careful, some of these plants have some very dangerous lookalikes.

    http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/blog/blog010911.htm


  • #47
    MeTheMan
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    The plant is growing in water. A small flow of water coming from a drain. About 2 inch deep atm but will all but dry up during summer.


  • #48
    Roen
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    On a bit of a roll here. Fairly distinctive purple base to stems. Posting on mobile so might be tiny.

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  • #49
    looksee
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    Wow, they are not tiny pics! Excellent. Are they of a plant or a shrub though? The stems look a bit like giant hogweed, but not the leaves. They look familiar, Elder?


  • #50
    New Home
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    I'd have said elder, too. :) I must go out and check if the stem of the younger leaves is hollow/concave, too.


  • #51
    looksee
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    I think the stems look a bit too fleshy to be a shrub, I have a notion in the back of my head of a plant, but I can't quite pin it down.


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  • #52
    Roen
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    Cheers,

    So that was the entire plant I was holding in my hand. Stopped just below the bottom of the pick.

    Edited the pics to make them a bit more viewing friendly. Think when you link an image from imgur on the mobile site it defaults to the original size instead of a more web friendly one.


  • #53
    OwlEye
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    This is a handy app that I use to help identify plants,

    https://identify.plantnet.org/


  • #54
    lottpaul
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    Roen wrote: »
    On a bit of a roll here. Fairly distinctive purple base to stems. Posting on mobile so might be tiny.

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    Is that a type of Angelica?


  • #55
    looksee
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    I think you are right Lottpaul, I am not too familiar with angelica, I gather it is the same family as the hogweeds, etc.


  • #56
    bkrangle
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    Can anyone ID this?

    My neighbour has some growing in their garden and a few have now taken hold in mine.

    I'm guessing they're some sort of large weed but bees seem to like it so I've let it grow.


  • #57
    GrumpyMe
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    Young Echium?


  • #58
    New Home
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    Young Japanese medlar/ loquat?

    (Eriobotrya Japonica)

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    These are the flowers, but the tree takes quite a few years before it shows any signs of flowering (it'll be at least three metres tall before it blooms).

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  • #59
    bkrangle
    Registered Users Posts: 611 ✭✭✭bkrangle


    GrumpyMe wrote: »
    Young Echium?

    I think it's one of these based on the larger ones I've seen in my neighbour's

    Thanks!


  • #60
    Griffinx
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    Anyone know this tree?


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  • #61
    New Home
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    Whitebeam?


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