We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: Conifer to ID  (Read 917 times)

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Conifer to ID
« on: September 05, 2011, 03:15:26 PM »
Is anyone good at IDing conifers? What's this?

I was out doing some bat work and found evidence that suggests the conifer wood has red squirrels. There were lots of cone cores under the trees.

I want to report it but dont know which conifer they are feeding on.
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44777
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2011, 03:33:00 PM »
Might be Abies procera, Mark .... .lots of those about  ;)
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

johnw

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6696
  • Country: 00
  • rhodo-galantho-etc-phile
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2011, 03:34:16 PM »
Or our native balsam fir grown in a softer climate.  

johnw
John in coastal Nova Scotia

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2011, 04:19:39 PM »
I should have said they are the height of a house, or more, and close planted in straight lines for wood or paper
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2011, 04:21:38 PM »
Maggi I thought Christmas tree when I looked more closely
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

ashley

  • Pops in from Cork
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2852
  • Country: ie
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2011, 04:49:52 PM »
Maybe Picea abies Norway/European spruce Mark.  A picture of the cone might help.
Ashley Allshire, Cork, Ireland

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2011, 05:08:04 PM »
the cone
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Roma

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2353
  • Country: scotland
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2011, 05:51:55 PM »
Sitka spruce?
Roma Fiddes, near Aberdeen in north East Scotland.

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44777
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2011, 06:02:01 PM »
Sitka spruce?

Sitka spruce = Picea sitchensis ... think you've got that nailed, Roma  :D
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2011, 07:34:02 PM »
Thanks Roma
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Hoy

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3854
  • Country: no
  • Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2011, 06:38:56 PM »
The needles of Sitka spruce is very, very sharp and hurts when you handle the twigs. The cone and needles suggest a Sitka spruce though. It certainly is no Norway spruce. Sitka spruce is commonly planted here. It tolerates oceanic climate and can grow to 80m. It is one of the faster growing conifers in cool climate.
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.

Darren

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1512
  • Country: gb
Re: Conifer to ID
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2011, 03:18:25 PM »
They hurt even more when dried! One of my first tasks when I started working in environmental chemistry was to put hundreds of samples of dried sitka spruce needles through a milling machine.

Not as bad as monkey puzzle leaves though. I once analysed lots of these for a student at RBGE. When dried you could use the leaves for razor blades.

Darren Sleep. Nr Lancaster UK.

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal