Tree identification game - for all your tree lovers

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I like the thread. I"ve been trying to find some links to pics that might stump the panel, but I can't find any that don't identify the trees in the site name.

P.s. you can tell a London Plane in winter because its branches and twigs have this zigzag pattern that's pretty unique.

Yes, but as we all good honest folk on here, we don't cheat, so go ahead. I promise not to right click and look at "properties"

 

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Well I only guessed that because they're normally big and the leaves are lowish to the ground and you often see them all on their lonesome

((((oaks))))))

They grow in forests, but the forests were cut down. Often, the lonesomes are the last of the forest. Sometimes, you'll see oaks on a roundabout, and that's the last of the forest felled to build the road.

The crown often looks flat-bottomed in English fields cos the beasts have grazed as high as they can reach.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

We used to use the seeds from 'chinese lanterns' (IIRC) as itching 'powder'.

The seed pods were round and transparent and you could see the flat seeds inside.

what are chinese lanterns?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Got one! Anyone seen this tree before?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

((((oaks))))))

They grow in forests, but the forests were cut down. Often, the lonesomes are the last of the forest. Sometimes, you'll see oaks on a roundabout, and that's the last of the forest felled to build the road.

The crown often looks flat-bottomed in English fields cos the beasts have grazed as high as they can reach.

another interesting factoid. Lots of them are protected as well as well aren't they due to their age, or am I thinking of Yew trees or both?

 

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Anyone get this one?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Got one! Anyone seen this tree before?

No idea. Where would you find it?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Anyone get this one?

I don't know but it looks tall

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

One of my favourite trees: the Linden, also called the Lime Tree.


http://www.limetreefarm.co.uk/ltf_images/limetree_01.jpg

 

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another interesting factoid. Lots of them are protected as well as well aren't they due to their age, or am I thinking of Yew trees or both?

Both, and many others too. Depends where they grow, their age and so forth.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

One of my favourite trees: the Linden, also called the Lime Tree.


http://www.limetreefarm.co.uk/ltf_images/limetree_01.jpg

not a very detailed picture Johnny

 

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One of my favourite trees: the Linden, also called the Lime Tree.


http://www.limetreefarm.co.uk/ltf_images/limetree_01.jpg

I chose the image for you, Johnny - cos you said you knew trees from their bark and form

That's a lovely pic you linked to. One of yours?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

No idea. Where would you find it?

We have some here, but according to one site I visited, you have them all over the UK. They were introduced from China about a century ago.

 

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Got one! Anyone seen this tree before?

I don't know that one. To where is it native?


Just saw that post ^^^

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

not a very detailed picture Johnny

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...pg/439px-Sommerlinde_(Tilia_platyphyllos).jpg

 

[WouldBe]

yet more factoids

Just tried googling to find a pic. It's definately not chinese lanterns.

The seed pods are a bit like a monocle with a tough fibre running round the outer edge. The center is paper thin and and you can see the 2/3 flat round seeds through it.

I'll have to let my rusty brain work on it for a bit.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I chose the image for you, Johnny - cos you said you knew trees from their bark and form

That's a lovely pic you linked to. One of yours?

It's a maple, naturellement!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Another interesting tree: the Monkey Tree. Apparently named that because it's the only tree a monkey can't climb.

http://z.about.com/d/gosouthamerica/1/0/b/n/monkeypuzzle2546546.jpg

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

er, the link I think may be a giveaway. Lime tree?

 

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Just tried googling to find a pic. It's definately not chinese lanterns.

The seed pods are a bit like a monocle with a tough fibre running round the outer edge. The center is paper thin and and you can see the 2/3 flat round seeds through it.

I'll have to let my rusty brain work on it for a bit.

Sounds like Honesty to me...

 

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Another interesting tree: the Monkey Tree. Apparently named that because it's the only tree a monkey can't climb.

http://z.about.com/d/gosouthamerica/1/0/b/n/monkeypuzzle2546546.jpg

Lots of those fellas in LondonTown

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's a maple, naturellement!

Just testing


But if the leaf wasn't red, would you know?

 

[WouldBe]

Sounds like Honesty to me...

That's the one. @self

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Sounds like Honesty to me...

honest? Look like mother-of-pearl. Where does honesty come from then?

 

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what are chinese lanterns?

Not a tree. And don't plant it - it's an invasive thug.

 

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honest? Look like mother-of-pearl. Where does honesty come from then?

From Wikipeadia

The common name "Honesty" arose in the 16th century, and it may be due to the translucent seed-pods which are like flattened pea-pods and borne on the plant through winter

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not a tree. And don't plant it - it's an invasive thug.[/QUOTE]


no worries there, I don't have a garden :D

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Just testing


But if the leaf wasn't red, would you know?

Yes. I'd know it better if it had no leaves on it. You can tell from the bark, and the branch colour.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

OK, here's one. Have googled and it looks like there's loads of different types so...

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Enough suspense. My earlier tree is called a Davidia, also Dove tree, or Handkerchief tree. What's remarkable about it, is that its blooms are actually leaves, but white.

http://www.duncanwil.co.uk/hanky.html