[SOLVED] Please - some sort of birch ?????

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[SOLVED] Please - some sort of birch ?????

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Does anyone know what the following is? Weeping Birch by any chance?. They seem to be used as streetscape trees a lot.


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By Grant Bowie- chinese tallow tree, Sapium sebiferum
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Re: [ID] Please - some sort of birch ?????

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Hi John,

You didnt get a shot of the old and new bark did you by chance?
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No sorry I did'nt
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Re: [ID] Please - some sort of birch ?????

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Chinese Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum.
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Re: [ID] Please - some sort of birch ?????

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Hi Grant, thanks for that mate. I can now thanks to you confirm this ID as I have looked it up under Plantfile. Lock it in Jamie!!!
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