There is one unidentified bush on the south side of The Ocean where the path joins from Leybourne Way, and this could be an Almond-leaved Willow, Salix triandra.
This is a photo of a bud on the relatively shiny current year twig. The shininess of the twig is an ID factor in most texts. The lenticels appear to be relatively few, forming clear gaps or holes in the shiny developing bark, and cluster below and around the nodes with the leaf scars and buds. It is possible that the two upper "lenticels" at each node are actually the scars of the stipules - they do appear quite consistently in the correct position! The other "lenticels" are much more variable. The dorso-ventral flattening of the buds is clear in the second photograph.
In this photo, you can see some hairs on the bud to the left, and the channelling of the petioles
This is a photo of a bud on the relatively shiny current year twig. The shininess of the twig is an ID factor in most texts. The lenticels appear to be relatively few, forming clear gaps or holes in the shiny developing bark, and cluster below and around the nodes with the leaf scars and buds. It is possible that the two upper "lenticels" at each node are actually the scars of the stipules - they do appear quite consistently in the correct position! The other "lenticels" are much more variable. The dorso-ventral flattening of the buds is clear in the second photograph.
In this photo, you can see some hairs on the bud to the left, and the channelling of the petioles
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