Tuesday 7 March 2023

WINTER TREES 8: ASPEN

What are these mature branchy trees 
at the back of the social services car park off Gloucester Road, Thornbury?


They have catkins but much furrier than the golden hazel or dangly alder catkins.


These are aspens, one with three main trunks and one on a single stem.


The fissured trunk takes some time to mature.  The younger trees shown below, in the hedge on Church Road, show the smooth, pale bark of younger trees, developing diamond shaped lenticels which will eventually coalesce into the fissured bark of mature trees


                  

In a sheltered spot you can also find the persistent dead leaves from last growing season - almost round with a scalloped edge.

   

or the furry catkins on the ground.

 

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