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Misc. Shrub/tree IDs needed please

16 years ago

Here are several shrub/tree pictures that I took of things that I've discovered growing on my lot, and I'm not sure what they are. Thanks in advance for your help.

These first two pictures are of some kind of crabapple, I think, with very profuse ornamental berries. Native? Not native? Hybrid? There are a bunch of similar type crabs growing in my wild area with all different colored berries.

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I've got several small trees of this type:

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This looks like some kind of shrubby rose to me - maybe Rosa Rugosa?

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weedwoman
16 years ago
The first one is definitely some kind of crabapple, but there are a million varieties. Might be Malus sieboldii, but can't tell for sure. Probably not a native.

The second one looks like either a Walnut or a Butternut. The way I tell the difference is either the fruit, (walnuts are round, butternuts are oblong) or the leaf scars. {{gwi:364284}}, has a fuzzy 'mustache' above the leaf scar, , doesn't. (The excellent pictures are from this key.)

The last one could well be Rugosa Rose.

WW
IanW Zone 5 Ont. Can.
16 years ago
I agree with the first two photo IDs....the crab apple could be a "Red Jewel", but as weedwoman said, there are a number of different types.
I don't believe the rose is a rugosa type. The leaf is not a rugosa leaf. Could be a number of the many rose types. The colouration of the bloom etc would be a better clue.

Ian
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Rose looks quite like a Rugosa to me.
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Usually I just lurk here to learn, but those leaves look like my rugosa leaves.

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