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Title: Please settle an argument.
Post by: Hawkweed on July 31, 2007, 13:04:41

I am having trouble identifying this tree. I photographed it at the Arundel Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust on Sunday.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/daisyb2uk/Arundel%20Wildfowl%20Centre/DSCF0048.jpg)

I think it's Sorbus torminalis - Wild Service Tree but a friend thinks not, though he cannot tell me what he thinks it is...as he doesn't know. Please help me. :-\ :-\

Title: Re: Please settle an argument.
Post by: sweet-pea on July 31, 2007, 13:27:02

Looks like Guelder Rose to me (Viburnum Opulus), one of our native species.

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Title: Re: Please settle an argument.
Post by: Hawkweed on July 31, 2007, 13:36:53

Thank you Sweat Pea, I knew someone would help me. :)

Title: Re: Please settle an argument.
Post by: caroline7758 on July 31, 2007, 17:24:58

Thanks from m, too- I think that's what I've seen at Askham Bog, a wetland near here.

Title: Re: Please settle an argument.
Post by: sweet-pea on August 01, 2007, 11:30:18

One way of telling if it's guelder rose is if you open up a berry, the seed inside is heart shaped, although I'm not sure if that is unique to Guelder rose.

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