Identifying this bush

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zoegraf

Craftsman at heart
This is a bush I want to model, but have no idea what it is. I often seen them near the coasts of the Maritime provinces.

Any clues or help would be much appreciated.
 
Railfan prairie spirit doctor consult with tribal botanist for species bush......him getum back soon. May needum leaf sample on microscope. Me ask lone ranger.....personal friend of mine.
 
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May not be too hard to find, any thing growing close to Salt Water has to be very hardy or the spindrift (wind blown salt water moisture) would destroy it.

Where was the photo taken? A lot of bushes are native only to certain areas.

Cheers
Willis
 
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You know the title of this thread leaves alot to the imagination; you wonder if he's asking about one of the previous presidents or their offspring, or a furry item:D; but then you see foliage and wonder why they have been wandering around the desert on a horse with no name....;)
 
CBCNSfan said:
May not be too hard to find, any thing growing close to Salt Water has to be very hardy or the spindrift (wind blown salt water moisture) would destroy it.

Where was the photo taken? A lot of bushes are native only to certain areas.

Cheers
Willis
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I'm still searching on the net. The photo was taken in an inlet in the Bay of Fundy in the Maritimes.
 
ThoroughBreed said:
You know the title of this thread leaves alot to the imagination; you wonder if he's asking about one of the previous presidents or their offspring, or a furry item:D; but then you see foliage and wonder why they have been wandering around the desert on a horse with no name....;)
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Oh my! My mind is a wonderin.
 


zoegraf said:
I'm still searching on the net. The photo was taken in an inlet in the Bay of Fundy in the Maritimes.
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Ah! That'll narrow it down. Don't have time tonight but I'll see what can be done with a goog;e search for native species or maybe some one on FB will know

Cheers
Willis
 
Just a quick search for now but it could be a Juniper bush as they are common around here and are quite hardy enough to be close to tidal waters.
Cheers
Willis

juniper2.jpg


http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/juniper2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/countryside/danebury/danebury-site-management/juniper-survey.htm&h=152&w=220&sz=10&tbnid=KVFUTVA6J68LiM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=137&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJuniper%2Bbush%2Bphotos%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=Juniper+bush+photos&usg=__teZYu4TFMIhLtR-Nym9ZwFD61J4=&docid=nUi9mojmhUgsfM&sa=X&ei=UPgNUJi7IobB6AGH5YH4CA&ved=0CHQQ9QEwCw&dur=570
 
It could be, it's a difficult call as the photo isn't too clear. I'll search tonight to see how the RB elder would fare around here.
Cheers
Willis
 
red berried elder? Had to do some thinking on this one which seema to be area specific ( more toward a protected coast). Looking at your orig pic. I tend to believe it was taken on the North side of NS, because of the photo appears to be at low tide. If it was the Fundy the bottom and rock would tend to be red. However the the plant life the red berried elder belongs tends to be sort of localized in certain areas.
Further the tides on the Fundy coasts are something else, they rise 40 ft. in a very short time so the bays tend to be very much deeper that the one in the photo.
So that puts it on either the Northumberland coasts or the Atlantic.
I also suspect the photo was taken from a road along the bayshore. Most likely and areas with the more dense foilage are marked in Green, Both the Bay of Fundy and The Cape Breton Highlands. However the Cape Breton South West and tne NS North East have the possibility of a sparcer growth, they also have senery much the same as in the photo. The photo shows a lone bush, that would be comon along a hwy. and also in a low densety foilage.
So! The red berried elder may be a better possability than the Juniper. In any case have a look at this document
http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/forestry/veg-types/ow/pdf/ow3.pdf

Cheers
Willis
 
CBCNSfan said:
red berried elder? Had to do some thinking on this one which seema to be area specific ( more toward a protected coast). Looking at your orig pic. I tend to believe it was taken on the North side of NS, because of the photo appears to be at low tide. If it was the Fundy the bottom and rock would tend to be red. However the the plant life the red berried elder belongs tends to be sort of localized in certain areas.
Further the tides on the Fundy coasts are something else, they rise 40 ft. in a very short time so the bays tend to be very much deeper that the one in the photo.
So that puts it on either the Northumberland coasts or the Atlantic.
I also suspect the photo was taken from a road along the bayshore. Most likely and areas with the more dense foilage are marked in Green, Both the Bay of Fundy and The Cape Breton Highlands. However the Cape Breton South West and tne NS North East have the possibility of a sparcer growth, they also have senery much the same as in the photo. The photo shows a lone bush, that would be comon along a hwy. and also in a low densety foilage.
So! The red berried elder may be a better possability than the Juniper. In any case have a look at this document
http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/forestry/veg-types/ow/pdf/ow3.pdf

Cheers
Willis
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The photo was taken in New Brunswick on the Bay of Fundy about a 20 minute drive south of Saint John.

Check out this tide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbzwzrZXUKA&feature=player_embedded

Thanks for the link.

Cheers
 
It looks like a wild Lilac tree that we had in our back slope on a hillside years ago. It was a big as a tree. Most are moere like bushes and some are purple too.
 


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