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  • Can you help ID a tree type?

    I have not been able to figure out these trees. Could not find a more appropriate subforum to put this.

    The trees are dark brown and grow extremely straight like conifers but are NOT conifers due to the leaf type being different; thin but not like spikes of a conifer. The branches that grow out from the main single straight trunk are symmetrical on either side and grow out straight and up like a V either side.

    The bark has whitish horizontal striations.

    Now to the leaves, which are quite distinctive. I tried on treeguide but that was of no help. The leaves are sharply ovoid. I am sorry for the rude analogy but I can't think of another but the shape is like a woman's private, being thin but ovoid and symmetrical and ending in a point at each end. Also the colour of them is orange (that is where the analogy has ended of course ) and they have just opened some white flowers like apple flowers. I looked up wild cherry as was advised that could be a likely one but look nothing like those due to the very straight up trunks of these.

    I have been trying to look up 'trees with orange leaves' and found nothing that comes close to these with their slim ovoid leaves.

  • #2
    could you post a photo?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by ChingfordHarry View Post
      could you post a photo?
      Not right now. Can't you make some guesses so I can look them up?
      Last edited by caribumamba; 26-04-2026, 07:11 PM.

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      • #4
        I posted your description in ChatGPT. It says the most likely tree is a columnar ornamental cherry. Failing that, a pear tree, possibly a Callery pear.

        For future IDs without a photo, ChatGPT or other AI of your choice might be your best bet. Remember to give a location where you've seen it.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Snoop Puss View Post
          I posted your description in ChatGPT. It says the most likely tree is a columnar ornamental cherry. Failing that, a pear tree, possibly a Callery pear.

          For future IDs without a photo, ChatGPT or other AI of your choice might be your best bet. Remember to give a location where you've seen it.
          Thanks, that does look promising. I do find it terrifying though how much people depend on AI within the space of a year or two and what the future holds with that. Not a criticism to you just a general commentary.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by caribumamba View Post

            Thanks, that does look promising. I do find it terrifying though how much people depend on AI within the space of a year or two and what the future holds with that. Not a criticism to you just a general commentary.
            Fair enough. But without a picture or a location, it's nigh-on impossible to give you an answer off the top of our heads.

            If you put your description through an AI, it'll give you photos of possible options. You'll be able to refine your parameters in response to those. Well worth a try in situations like this. In cases like this, it's like using an encyclopaedia.
            Last edited by Snoop Puss; 27-04-2026, 11:07 AM.

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