Question: This woody plant was doing its best to hold the dune at Sandy Point beach on Plum Island in Ipswich, …
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Question
This woody plant was doing its best to hold the dune at Sandy Point beach on Plum Island in Ipswich, MA. The first photo shows the winter bud from an adjacent similar plant since compromising the dune for a closer view wasn’t an option. My First guess was Prunus maritime from the overlapping scales, acuteness of its shape. The reddish hue bark had some longitudinal lenticular tissue but not an abundance. Any insight or direction for its ID is most welcomed.
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Dear Von, the images you've sent are crisp and clear, but they are taken too far away for me to see any of the details I need to identify this plant. I would need closeup photographs of the branchlets and winter buds. Sorry I can't offer anything with confidence regarding your plant.
