Unknown tree and shurbs

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by phlegethon, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. phlegethon

    phlegethon Active Member

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    This tree is about 20' tall:
    Trunk
    Leaves & Berries
    My best guess is that it is a serviceberry or crabapple.

    This shurb is around 8' tall:
    Shrub
    Berries
    Leaves (sorry for the bad focus, my camera wanted to see the fall color)

    The second shrub is small, about 3' high:
    Shrub
    Leaves

    These are all growing in a Maryland stream valley.
     
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  2. saltcedar

    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    #3 Berberis, Barberry.

    HTH
    Chris
     
  3. phlegethon

    phlegethon Active Member

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    Thanks. Is there an easy way to tell if it is native or invasive?
     
  4. Silver surfer

    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    1. A Malus sp.
    2. Euonymus sp.
    3. Agree with saltcedar, a Berberis.
     
  5. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    All are liable to be of Asian origin, the crab perhaps a hybrid but the spindle looks like Euonymus alatus, the barberry like B. thunbergii. Native B. canadensis is supposed to be distinguished from B. vulgaris and B. thunbergii by producing leaves with jagged margins. Various photos online captioned as depicting this species show smooth or inconspicuously toothed leaf margins - but perhaps these are all misidentified. People not well acquainted with the cultivated and naturalized plants of a region often misidentify species of foreign origin as those which are expected to occur natively there.
     
  6. phlegethon

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    This was the information that I was looking for, thanks all.
     
  7. Wojciech

    Wojciech Active Member

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    Apple tree looks similar to Malus baccata or hybrids of this species - notice lack of calyx on the fruits.
     

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