If you look at the eastern end of Horse Close Wood, there's a yellow-foliaged tree that stands out because the new leaves contrast with the deep green of the nearby Oaks. It's clearly an ash, but not our native species as the flowers stand out from the branches on long stalks and the leaves have few, broad leaflets. The books suggest that it's Japanese broad-leaved ash and it is very likely to have been planted here back in the days when Merton had resources for tree-planting. Those were the days.
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| The Japanese big-leaved ash |
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| The Ash is the yellow tree in the centre of the image |
A look later in the year provides a correction to the identification of this tree. It seems to be a horticultural variety of the common Ash, variety "Jaspida", noted for its yellow colour.
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