Hello All, This is my first post, and I'm hoping it's in the correct area. My parents live near Barrie Ontario (50 mins North of Toronto) and I'm hoping to identify a tree located in the entrance to their community. Here's the pics (taken today): Sorry for the poor photography ;) Unfortunately I don't have any spring/summer/fall pics but I can tell you that this tree has pinkish flowers in the spring (reminds me of a cherry blossom) and the leaves are in a pinnate pattern (according to my mom). I believe the fruit are inedible (birds don't seem to bother with them) and the tree (2 of them) are in a neighbourhood where all the tree's have reached maturity, so I believe they're full grown. Hopefully that's enough to go on. Thanks for any/all help in advance.
I'm pretty sure it's not crabapple. The fruit are more cherry like (about the size of a cherry tomato). I really should of held a few in my hand to show the size a bit better. After doing some research on the web, it looks similar to Rowan (Mountain Ash), but the groupings of fruit don't quite match.
Not a rowan, they have much smaller berries in tighter clusters. Crabapples are very variable in fruit size, from little larger than a pea, right up to nearly as large as orchard apples. There are thousands of cultivars of them, many looking just like yours.
I should of trusted your comment from the get go..... didn't notice just how active of a member you are. I wasn't aware that there were that many different types of Crabapples. Is there any way to narrow down the type of crabapple tree this one is?
Same kind might be in a local, labeled collection or have been offered by local outlets. May need to see leaves and flowers before precise identification is possible.
