poppy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:13 pm Post subject: Small plant/tree with bright red leaves |
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Thank you for your help ...poppy 
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Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say it looks like a perennial turning colour in autumn, but I have no idea what it is.
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marlingardener
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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This is just a guess, but the leaves look like flameleaf sumac, a small understory tree. Could you tell us where (state, province, continent?) you found it, and under what conditions (out in the open, near larger trees, neighbor's yard?). It would help with the identification although your photo is good.
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poppy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| marlingardener wrote: | | This is just a guess, but the leaves look like flameleaf sumac, a small understory tree. Could you tell us where (state, province, continent?) you found it, and under what conditions (out in the open, near larger trees, neighbor's yard?). It would help with the identification although your photo is good. |
Place England, it was on the edge of a wood plantaion 
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marlingardener
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry Poppy, my tentative identification was wrong. The flameleaf isn't a European tree.
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Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Have a look at this link: Chamerion angustifolium or Rosebay Willowherb
I've never noticed but the text claims it turns colour in autumn to yellow and red.
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poppy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Droopy ive just been told its the
Fireweed, Great Willow-herb
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Droopy
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Good!
I looked it up, and the quote below is from Wikipedia:
Epilobium angustifolium, commonly known as Fireweed (mainly in North America), Great Willow-herb (Canada), or Rosebay Willowherb (mainly in Britain).
The plant is abundant here, especially in forest clearings and by the roads, wherever there's an open space. The moose love them.
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