SYCAMORE

Acer pseudoplatanus

Buds opposite with green scales

FIELD MAPLE

Acer campestre

Buds opposite, hairy, grey-brown,

SILVER MAPLE

Acer saccharinum

Red stems, buds red/green, in pairs.

ELDER

Sambucus nigra

Twig green. Buds opposite, brown. Often green tips as they may leaf early.

ASH

Fraxinus excelsior

Buds cone like black, opposite. Twig swollen at tip.

HORSE CHESTNUT 

Aesculus hippocastanum

Large sticky buds, red-brown. leaf scar like horseshoe with nail holes.

PURGING BUCKTHORN

Rhamnus cathartica

Buds officially in pairs, although occasionally one bud may slip down below the other.

DOGWOOD

Cornus sanguinea.

Buds in pairs, stem red in light, green in shade.

GUELDER ROSE

Viburnum opulus

Stem angular, buds opposite.

LONDON PLANE

Platanus x hispanica

Buds cone-like, alternate.

SWEET CHESTNUT

Castanea sativa

Bud oval, red-brown

SALLOW

Salix caprea

Bud greenish-red, spiral on stem

WHITE WILLOW

Salix alba.

This years growth is golden. Buds spiral on stem

CRACK WILLOW

Salix fragilis

Buds slender and adpressed, spiral on stem.

BLACK POPLAR

Populus nigra betulifolia

Twig yellowish, large pointed red-brown buds pressed against the twig.

BERLIN POPLAR

Populus x berolinensis

Buds long and pointed. Twigs shiny, light brown.

WHITE POPLAR

Populus alba

Silvery hairs on twig. Buds small brown and pointed.

ASPEN

Populus tremula

Twig is shiny brown with pointed brown buds.

GREY POPLAR

Populus x canescens

Buds red-brown, cone like, appear grey due to hairs. The grey hairs rub off.

ENGLISH OAK

Quercus robur

Buds bunched at tip of shoot. Light brown.

TURKEY OAK

Quercus cerris

Grey, hairy twigs. Buds with twisting whiskers.

BEECH

Fagus sylvatica

Shoot slightly zigzag long pointed buds, angled from twig.

HORNBEAM

Carpinus betulus

Shoot slightly zigzag but with short buds, lying close to twig

SILVER BIRCH

Betula pendula

Thin twigs, rough to the touch. Small buds, dark brown.

COMMON ALDER

Alnus glutinosa

Buds stalked, with a mauve bloom.

Male catkins wine red.

HAWTHORN or MAY

Crataegus monogyna

Thorns along stem and at ends of branches. Occasional berry may be retained.

BROAD-LEAVED COCKSPUR THORN

Crataegus persimilis

Large thorns 2-3 cms along twig

BLACKTHORN or SLOE

Prunus spinosa

Buds alternate on side shoots which may end in a thorn.

CRAB APPLE

Malus sylvestris

Twigs hairless and thinner than wild apple.

WILD SERVICE TREE

Sorbus torminalis

Buds green and rounded. Twigs shiny red-brown to grey-brown.

WHITEBEAM

Sorbus aria

Buds with green or brown scales, twig grey-brown.

SWEDISH WHITEBEAM

Sorbus intermedia

Brown buds, greyish when scales break off. Twig shiny.

WILD PEAR

Pyrus pyraster

Brown pointed buds, alternate.

BIRD CHERRY

Prunus padus

Twig light brown with white lenticels. Buds pointed, alternate

COMMON LIME 

Tilia x europaea

Twig light green, red above. Bud broadly conical and red.

HAZEL

Corylus avellana

Pale brown twig, rough, small ovoid buds.

BLACK MULBERRY

Morus nigra

Buds alternate, broad and pointed