Winter Tree Id

Question 1

Buds: 7mm oblong/club shaped, soft purple colour on grey scaly stalk,
Single Terminal bud
Alternate buds ‘spiralling’ around twig

Answer 1

Alder

Question 2

Buds: Opposite pairs, green with brown scale tips, egg shaped with pointed end, single terminal bud, made of many bud scales 5-10mm

Answer 2

Sycamore

Question 3

Buds: jet black, hard, opposite pairs, round shaped apart from cone shaped terminal bud.

Smooth Grey bark

Ends of shoots curve upwards

Answer 3

Ash

Question 4

Buds: fewer than 20 overlapping bud scales, egg shaped with blunt tip-cone tip, orange brown, 5mm, clustered terminal bud

Answer 4

English Oak

Question 5

Buds: green with brown scale tips, 4-5mm

Answer 5

Silver Birch

Question 6

Buds: Green- red scales, short, roughly ‘hairy’ shoot

Answer 6

Hazel

Question 7

Buds: Long, thin, sharp pointed, copper-brown

Answer 7

Beech

Question 8

Buds: Purple-red, spiky scales, opposite pairs, 3mm, “miniature Pineapples”

Answer 8

Elder

Question 9

Buds: Red/orange-Brown, scales, round buds, alternate buds

Thorns less than 2.5 cm & have no buds on

Answer 9

Hawthorn

Question 10

Buds: hairy, adpressed, small, round

thorns perpendicular to twig, may be 5cm+ and can have buds on them.

Answer 10

Blackthorn

Question 11

Buds: hairy scales,small,brown, opposite pairs

Answer 11

Field Maple

Question 12

Buds: opposite, no scales, buds slightly hairy

red bark, square stick

Answer 12

Dogwood