Trees · question 8
Look at the leaf margin.
- Coarse, regular teeth with a bristle tip: Leaf 10–25 cm; spiny husks with edible chestnuts.
- Finely serrated; leaf silvery-hairy or glossy; catkins: A willow leaf of 5–12 cm.
- Finely serrated, hairless and glossy (8–15 cm); pink blossom in March: Leaf often slightly folded along the midrib; peaches in summer.
All species with this feature
Still possible
- Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)
- Weeping willow (Salix × sepulcralis)
- White willow (Salix alba)
- Peach (Prunus persica)