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shrub / tree identification
In message , lowlife
writes hi i really need to find out what this shrub or tree is, as it has mould on it that probably wants treating. i'll describe it and link 3 photo's from photobucket (hope that's allowed). firstly i live in surrey. the soil is clay but well mixed now. the shrub is about 5 ft high, round in form with grey / brown smooth bark. the buds are very small and staggered as opposed to pairs, and there are no leaves on it at this time. on the end of each branch there is a group of brown open seed pods. the fungi is clustered on the lower branches and looks like white/pale cyan granules. With alternate foliage and 5-loculate capsular fruits it could be Hibiscus syriacus. (H. syriacus doesn't usually fruit in my neck of the woods, but there's a plant in the town centre with similar looking fruits, that if I recall correctly is H. syriacus.) You don't happen to remember what the foliage or flowers look like? For a selection of pictures of H. syriacus see http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Hibiscus/galleryH.html From where I sit the fungus look liked lichen, which is harmless, but it's easy to misinterpret a photograph. i've taken a pic of the tree, the pods and the fungus or whatever it is http://tinyurl.com/29ej9r http://tinyurl.com/22c58j http://tinyurl.com/2ghxb2 i hope they work. failing that, does anyone know of an online plant finder? thanks -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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