Help ID these plants, please

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by jogardener, May 11, 2007.

  1. jogardener

    jogardener Active Member

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    Please help me identify these plants. Thanks.
     

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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Spurge laurel
    European mountain ash
    Filbert
    Red elderberry

    All common garden volunteers in this region. The first two are pestiferous, appearing in numbers both in garden and on undeveloped land. The last does so also, of course, because it is native here.
     
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    alex66 Rising Contributor Maple Society 10 Years

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    left:1 no idea,2 Rhus typhina,3Corylus avellana(nuts)4 under Paeonia?
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    1 Daphne laureola (Spurge-laurel)
    2 Sorbus aucuparia (European Rowan)
    3 Corylus avellana (Common Hazel) (not C. maxima, Filbert)
    4 Sambucus racemosa (Red Elder)
     
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    Thank you so much for the info. Interesting about the filbert... I guess a squirrel must have planted it, along with all the peanuts they seem to be growing for me.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Since leaves still unfolding and all we have to go on is this picture, not so sure it can be told if it is Corylus avellana or C. maxima with absolute certainty. Shape of leaves at this stage could certainly suggest C. avellana.

    Pacific red elder differentiated as Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens.
     
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    Eric La Fountaine Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    >Shape of leaves at this stage could certainly suggest C. avellana<

    Jacobson, NORTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE TREES (1996, Ten Speed Press) says (of C. maxima):

    "Its leaf is the same shape [as C. avellana] but thicker, 2"-6" long. Its hybrids with C. Avellana are the CULTIVATED FILBERTS used for nut production."
     

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