Bermie
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Hi All,
I have no idea what this tree is, it's magnificent, and I have just done some work on it and have to do a report because the idiots trenched through the root zone for some new steps.
I have some pictures but I need to resize them first, but here is an overall description:
It is about 60' tall, mature, having been a specimen in an old established merchant garden.
It is deciduous, and the picture shows it just coming back into leaf after a windy winter, the left hand side had more mature foliage but we did have a lot of SW gales this winter which is why the right side got hammered.
The bark is thick and fissured, with platey bits dropping off.
The foliage is mid green, new foliage has a reddish tint, the leaves are arranged in whorls with the very short petioles being reddish on new growth. Leaf shape is obovate (wider at the tip than base)
There are thorns on the twigs and branches, tucked in behind the leaves, about 1" long
Any help would be appreciated!
I have no idea what this tree is, it's magnificent, and I have just done some work on it and have to do a report because the idiots trenched through the root zone for some new steps.
I have some pictures but I need to resize them first, but here is an overall description:
It is about 60' tall, mature, having been a specimen in an old established merchant garden.
It is deciduous, and the picture shows it just coming back into leaf after a windy winter, the left hand side had more mature foliage but we did have a lot of SW gales this winter which is why the right side got hammered.
The bark is thick and fissured, with platey bits dropping off.
The foliage is mid green, new foliage has a reddish tint, the leaves are arranged in whorls with the very short petioles being reddish on new growth. Leaf shape is obovate (wider at the tip than base)
There are thorns on the twigs and branches, tucked in behind the leaves, about 1" long
Any help would be appreciated!