fall color volunteer

12 years ago

This is growing at the base of my pussy willow tree and I thought it was just another sucker like the one at the right. But it has this nice fall color and the leaves are much more finely serrated. Also the pussy willow leaves are fuzzy and all the stems have big buds set for next year, the mystery orange sapling has smooth leaves and no big buds.

Can you ID the orange plant? The one at the left is a tiny honeysuckle bush that I should take out, I don't know if it's growing as a sucker from the big bush a few feet away or if it grew from seed. (And I should probably take out the big honeysuckle bush too I know)

This post was edited by olreader on Sat, Nov 1, 14 at 13:31

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olreader
Original Author
12 years ago
Here is a close up of stem

This post was edited by olreader on Sat, Nov 1, 14 at 13:38
olreader
Original Author
12 years ago
Close up of fallen leaf

This post was edited by olreader on Wed, Nov 5, 14 at 16:02
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j0nd03
12 years ago
OP still needs ID!
flying_c
12 years ago
Leaf shape and fall color resemble Amelanchier canadensis.
olreader
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks for getting back to this question. I also posted at the Trees forum and someone else thought it was some kind of Amelanchier (serviceberry). Here's a close up of the buds, the stem is hairy and the leaves are alternate (ignore the green leaf in the background of this photo)

This post was edited by olreader on Mon, Nov 10, 14 at 13:36
bogturtle
12 years ago
And my guess is Aronia arbutifolia, the Chokecherry.
I looked at mine and the leaves are identical.
XIFA
12 years ago
Aronia, may be A. melanocarpa
olreader
Original Author
11 years ago

Here are the leaves coming out
olreader
Original Author
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I liked the mystery volunteer so much that I ordered something called "dwarf aronia" Aronia melanocarpa from One Green World. It arrived yesterday and it looks quite different to me...the dwarf aronia has smaller, thicker, darker green, glossy leaves. I took a photo today, the dwarf aronia is on the left/higher up and the mystery volunteer is on the right/closer to the ground, I will take a closer look soon. (I cut down the tree that was in the background in the earlier photos and now you can see the stump).