May 2015
Bird Cherry tree (Prunus padus)?
Not to be confused with:
Wild cherry (Prunus avium), sour cherry (Prunus cerasus) and cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera). The flowers of bird cherry hang in clusters.
Mature trees can grow to 25m. The bark is smooth, peeling and greyish-brown and emits an unpleasant, acrid odour. Twigs are a dull, deep brown with pale markings. Shoots are hairy when young but become hairless with age.
Look out for: the leaf stems (petioles) which have two red glands at the top. Leaves have hairs on the underside in the vein axils.
Identified in winter by: lateral buds which are in clusters along the twig.
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