What species of shrub is this (UK)?

It might not be native. It is one of only a couple of such plants growing next to the canal, near my village in Leicestershire, England.


Here's a picture:


http://i16.tinypic.com/6b4mnhg.jpg

What species of shrub is this (UK)?
I'm going with Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica). The terminal bud isn't quite right... but the leaves and fruit seem to be.





Buckthorn suckers freely, is a large shrub to small tree and the twigs often end in points giving it the effect of having thorns.





There are many other Buckthorn species.





I hope that this helps
Reply:Maybe inkberry. Ilex glabra http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...


Earlier post probably meant gaultheria shallon-salal
Reply:it is not sloe there is no `bloom`on the fruit .also sloe are deep purple ,not black.if you can recheck the plant/shrub .


are the leaves `leathery?


between 2-10" long(variouse cultivars)


did you see the flowers ?where they long clusters?


if answer to above is yes .i would suggest Prunus laurocerasus. the cherry laurel.


ps all parts of the plant are poisonous-prussic acid.


hope this helps
Reply:If it's a UK shrub then it's most certainly the Alder Buckthorn[Frangula alnus] Height up to 5m. A rather open ,thornless bush,native to damp hedgegrows and scrub in England and Wales. Oval leaves have wavy margins;dark green ,turning yellow in autumn. Pale green,5 petalled flowers appear in May. Berries ripen from green to black.
Reply:This looks like a Griselina littoralis to me.
Reply:My guess would be Sloe....
Reply:Looks like common elder to me
Reply:Looks sort of like shallal. A native of the Pacific northwest wood lands. If it is, we use it here for greenery in floral arrangements.
Reply:Your leaf arrangement is opposite on the one stem I can see clearly. Leaves are in pairs but each successive pair is rotated 90 degrees, I think. If true these are decussate. The leaves also appear whorled near the lateral twig tips.


The leaves are either obtuse or ovate with double toothed or serrated edges.


The fruit appears fleshy. If you open it is it single seeded, a drupe, like a cherry or holly? Is it like an apple with several seeds in the center, a pome? Are the seeds just embedded in the flesh like a persimmon?


Is this a tree or a shrub? What is its height? Texture and color of bark? Is it ridges or in plates?


What are the flowers like, where are the anthers and stamens?. The shape of the flower's grouping, is it a raceme or corymb?


Try using a key with this data


http://trees.stanford.edu/key/key_opposi...


http://www.colby.edu/cgi-bin/plant_famil...


http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/Forsite/Idtr...


http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesci...


http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/MANHART/T...


http://www.realtimerendering.com/trees/t...


http://www.bomengids.nl/uk/hoofdsleutel....


I believe this is in the rosaceae family related to apples, hawthorns and cherries or a kind of Vibernum based on the detail I can see.


http://www2.volstate.edu/jschibig/tree%2...
Reply:Spindle tree (one of the elagenaus family)
Reply:Maybe a chokeberry


http://www.soilandwater.co.stearns.mn.us...





or a buckthorn?


http://www.stpaul.gov/depts/parks/enviro...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckthorn

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