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Old 02-07-2006, 08:00 PM posted to sci.bio.botany,nf.gardening
mel turner
 
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Default Tree Leaf Identity please?

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message .com,
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I have a tree in my yard - it is about 9 feet tall now I suppose... but
I have no idea what it is... I have never seen it flower or bear fruit
or anything like that... Can anyone identify what it is from this
leaf? The photo is a scan and it is a little deceiving - the lobes are
deeper than they look in the photo - it sort of hides that when it is
pressed flat between the glass of the scanner.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...stery_leaf.jpg


Reminds me of Sorbus intermedia (Swedish Whitebeam) or one of the related
species. Is the underside of the leaf whitish?


Very good suggestion, it's a pretty close match:
http://www.haabet.dk/flora_danica/Seljer%f8n_(Sornus_intermedia).jpg
http://www.aphotoflora.com/Sorbus%20...ia26-09-04.jpg
http://www.mykonet.ch/images/Seiten_...rmedia404a.JPG

cheers