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Identify this tree please?

  • 23-07-2011 5:25pm
    #1
    dulpit
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    Hey all, I was wondering if someone could identify this tree please, I haven't a clue myself about botany or the likes...

    As far as I remember this should be a horse chestnut tree that I planted with my grandmother when I was 3, but I'm not certain...

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  • #2
    Judgement Day
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    It is. Pic is enormous!


  • #3
    Opinicus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Opinicus


    Yeah, leaves look like a horse chestnut to me.


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It's a young Chestnut tree.


  • #5
    swifts need our help!
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    reduced photo


  • #6
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Sorry about the giant picture. :o

    And thanks for the ID, childhood memories are saved. Planted that as a chestnut when I was like 3, so 22/23 years ago...


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  • #7
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I'm afraid that Chestnut tree is only about 7 yerars old. :o


  • #8
    BargainHunter
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭BargainHunter


    Horse chestnut is non native. It is not a natural part of the irish ecosystem. I would suggest that if youre going to plant a tree, you plant only native irish trees like oak, ash etc as they support more biodiversity and therefore help to preserve what little we have left.


  • #9
    LostCovey
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    BargainHunter wrote: »
    Horse chestnut is non native. It is not a natural part of the irish ecosystem. I would suggest that if youre going to plant a tree, you plant only native irish trees like oak, ash etc as they support more biodiversity and therefore help to preserve what little we have left.

    He was 3.

    Cut him some slack.

    LC


  • #10
    LostCovey
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    Olivia Lively Molar wrote: »
    I'm afraid that Chestnut tree is only about 7 yerars old. :o

    ....or just maybe it's a branch of an older tree, eh?


  • #11
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    LostCovey wrote: »
    ....or just maybe it's a branch of an older tree, eh?

    Not at all, for several reasons besides it just isn't. Look at the background and the height of the hedge. This would leave the tree too low to be a branch that thick. The alignment of the leaves and side shoots is wrong for a branch as well. And the variety of leaf sizes suggests a young tree too. :)


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  • #12
    dulpit
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    That tree is taller than me, maybe 6.5 feet/7 feet tall. And it's definitely been growing for years, not 3 or 4...


  • #13
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    dulpit wrote: »
    That tree is taller than me, maybe 6.5 feet/7 feet tall. And it's definitely been growing for years, not 3 or 4...

    Sorry but 6.5/7 feet confirms it at 7 or 8 years old. It must not be the tee you remember planting. This is definitely a young tree.


  • #14
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    :( It's actually closer to 10 feet, does that make a difference?

    /me clings to hope


  • #15
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    dulpit wrote: »
    :( It's actually closer to 10 feet, does that make a difference?

    /me clings to hope

    Not really I'm afraid. Makes it a firm 8 years and no more. Sorry! :o

    A tree growing in very impoverished soil may be stunted and only reach this height after many years but the leaves on this one are too healthy and large to come under that scenario.


  • #16
    mr.wiggle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 842 ✭✭✭mr.wiggle


    dulpit wrote: »
    :( It's actually closer to 10 feet, does that make a difference?

    /me clings to hope

    Conkers? Gotta be some Conkers on it if it really an 'older' tree?

    Btw, make sure you cut it down now, as its not native:pac::pac::P


  • #17
    gardenman77
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    Yes the tree has only been planted for less than ten years, however, please don't cut it down. While chestnut may not be native, they are beautiful trees and perfectly adapted to the Irish habitat. They are non-invasive and provide a wealth of wildlife habitat.
    Cut down every non-native tree in Ireland and we'll soon be left with a tillage mans mecca!! The more trees we have, the better off the environment is and the better off we are.


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