Solved Can anyone help me ID this tree, please?

This isn't actually my question - it's my mum's - and so I'm afraid I don't have a picture, but maybe the description will be enough?

Mum would like to know which tree or trees might have smooth golden bark, like the white part of birch bark but golden (sorta between gold and copper in colour) and shiny? According to her it was deciduous, but she can't remember what sort of shape the foliage formed. She saw them in the street in Helsinki, but found absolutely nothing in terms of tree-guides or other information when she Googled it.

Thank you so much in advance!

 

Actually, Mum pegged it as the cherry. Thank you, Armandii!

 

Err......Excuse me but first pic is NOT Himalayan birch...it is Tibetan cherry...Prunus serrula!
The bark of which is a glorious rich dark brown...with prominent white markings called lenticels.

Prunus serrula, - Google Search

 

See also above.
Betula utilis Jacquemontii is the Himalayan birch...famous for it glorious white bark.


Betula utilis Jacquemontii - Google Search

 

see above also.
Christina as you live in Finland do please try to take a pic of the trees..to show the whole tree and the bark, leaves too even if on the ground.

Have you tried looking on Google street view to see what trees were growing in the street where your Mum saw them?

 

A deciduous tree,native to western China,cultivated in gardens for it's attractive bark. Height to about 50ft,usually much smaller. Flowers are about 1.6cm acfoss and open in April in clusters of 2-3. Fruits are red,oval,about 1.2cm long.Leaves are narrow and fine toothed. Bark is shining red-brown and peels in thin strips. [Rger Phillips. Trees of Britain and Norther Europe]

 

There are several trees with red/copper coloured bark, each of which tends to strip/peeleasily at times exposing yet another attractive bark.

As a point of interest. Prunus and Pyrus. Cherry and Pear are both or the family. Rosaceae. Prunus meaning, stone fruit. Pyrus meaning. Pipped fruit.
Birch, belong to the Betulaceae family.

 

Sorry wrote this before I saw Mike Allens post.

Err...sorry to be fussy ARMANDII .......but Birch is Betula sp and not related to Prunus.
Nor are the common names of Tibetan cherry and Himalayan birch in any way interchangeable.

The other problem is picking a pic from internet .....when masses of images are incorrectly named.
BETULA.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Subfamily: Betuloideae
Genus: Betula
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PRUNUS sp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Amygdaleae
Genus: Prunus
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Would I be right in thinking Birch is more likely in Helsinki rather than Prunus

 

Prunus......cherry trees seem to do well in Helsinki.
See pic of Roihuvuori park.
But not sure if they would be planted as street trees.

Roihuvuori Cherry Tree Park - Google Search

Never ever seen Tibetan cherry with rich , glorious bark planted as a street tree.

Autumn colour in trees there must be quite spectacular.

Käpylä in Autumn, Helsinki, Finland - Google Search