Trees · question 12
Which description fits best?
- Pleated between parallel veins, sharply doubly serrated: Grey, ‘muscular’ trunk; buds pressed against the twig.
- Almost round and softly hairy, with a short pointed tip: Multi-stemmed shrub; yellow catkins in winter, hazelnuts.
- Broadly oval with a grey felted underside: Tip often bent to one side; silver catkins in March.
- Oval and doubly serrated, with a brilliant white felted underside: Flat white flower heads in May and orange-red berries.
- A cherry or bird cherry: Often 1–2 small glands (bumps) at the top of the leaf stalk; blossom in clusters or long sprays.
- A fruit tree: apple, pear or plum: In orchards and gardens; blossom in April, fruit in summer or autumn.
Still possible
- Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
- Hazel (Corylus avellana)
- Goat willow (Salix caprea)
- Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)
- Wild cherry (Prunus avium)
- Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata)
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Bird cherry (Prunus padus)
- Sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)
- Apple (Malus)
- Pear (Pyrus communis)
- Plum (Prunus domestica)