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Plant identification

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Imisscheese · 02/05/2020 16:51

Hi, please could someone identify this plant for me?

Plant identification
Plant identification
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Dodie66 · 02/05/2020 16:54

That looks like a Rowan tree to me. It had lovely orange berries in the autumn

OwlBasket · 02/05/2020 16:55

I’m pretty sure that’s an ash tree

Imisscheese · 02/05/2020 17:23

It's only about 4m away from the house so that's probably too close for a tree. Do you think I can move it?

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NanTheWiser · 02/05/2020 17:27

If it is an Ash seedling, best to get rid of it, they grow quite rapidly into large trees.

Imisscheese · 02/05/2020 17:35

Thanks very much. I'll get rid of it then.

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2020nymph · 02/05/2020 17:37

There is an app called Seek which is good for plant/nature identification, we've used it a fair bit to identify some of the plants we inherited when we bought our house.

parietal · 02/05/2020 18:05

4m is quite a way from the house. wait & see if it has rowan berries in the autumn, because rowan trees are very pretty & don't grow too big.

Dodie66 · 02/05/2020 18:38

I don’t think it’s and ash tree. The leaves are rounded so it’s a Rowan and like the previous poster said it won’t grow into a big tree. I would wait till autumn and see if it has orange berries

MakingASilkPurse · 02/05/2020 18:40

Agree it looks like a Rowan

Imisscheese · 02/05/2020 19:05

Thanks. I'll wait till autumn and see what happens.

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TankGirl97 · 02/05/2020 19:09

It looks like ash to me as the edges are smooth. They grow like weeds in my garden, I'd pull it up asap!
Rowan leaves are a similar shape but the edges are serrated.

AlrightBabby · 02/05/2020 19:12

I'd agree Ash tree, it'll be huge in no time 😢

MereDintofPandiculation · 03/05/2020 12:34

The leaves of rowan aren't that shiny. And as someone said, rowan leaves have serrated edges.

Have a look at the buds - if the leaf buds, before they start swelling, are black, then it's ash.

MereDintofPandiculation · 03/05/2020 12:36

Young rowan trees have a brownish look to their twigs and trunk, ash trees have a more greyish look.

NanTheWiser · 03/05/2020 12:45

Definitely Ash.

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