Synoptic

Question 1

Alternate small red buds, closely spaced. Thorns. Dark brown greyish bark.

Answer 1

Hawthorn, crataegus monogyna.

Question 2

Opposing buds, brown lines down bark. Greenish bark on shoots.

Answer 2

Spindle, Euonymus europaeus.

Question 3

Alternate green buds, largely spaced.

Answer 3

Hazel, corylus avellana

Question 4

Thin, hard thorny branches. Hairy buds.

Answer 4

Blackthorn, prunus spinosa.

Question 5

Thorny twigs, buds which have scales, elongated close to twig.

Answer 5

Purging buckthorn, rhamnus cathartica.