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=Illustrations:= 
==Period sources:== 
[[File:LivroArmeiro_F129_birdtree.jpg|Livro]]
Livro do Armeiro Mor, 1506-09, Portugal, f129, tree with bird

==Modern:== 
==='''Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):'''=== 
* [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/tree/ Tree], related charges, see: [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/bush/ bush], [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/crequier/ créquier], [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/slip/ slip], [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/staff/ staff (ragged)]).
''' See also''' [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/fruit/ fruit], [http://mistholme.com/dictionary/leaf/ leaf].

===Vector Graphics:=== 
* [[Book of Traceable Heraldic Art]]
* Viking Answer Lady - http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Stars/Heraldry_SVG_Images/index.htm

===Annotated [[Pennsic Traceable Art Project]]===

=An Heraldic Primer: Flowers, Trees and Plants = 
(original site defunct)
The animal kingdom is not the only resource which was drawn upon for period armory. There are many forms of plant life which can be used as charges. These include flowers, trees and fruit...
Trees were also found in armory. Though many different species of trees were used in armory, for purposes of conflict checking, we use the basic shapes of the tree (oval, conical, palm, etc). When the roots of a tree are showing, the tree is termed eradicated and when they are not, it is called couped. When there are no leaves on the tree, it is termed blasted.
{| class="wikitable"
| | http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/tree.gif || http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/treecouped.gif || http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/pTree.gif 
|-
| An oak tree eradicated || An oak tree couped || A pine tree couped 
|}


The Fruit from these plants are also the subject of armorial depiction, from humble acorn and garb (a sheaf of wheat), to the pomegranate (badge of Katherine of Aragon).
{| class="wikitable"
| http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/acorn.gif || http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/apple.gif || http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/garb.gif || http://www.sofyalarus.info/heraldicart/HeraldicPrimer/pomegranate.gif 
|-
| an acorn || an apple || a garb || a pomegranate 
|}

=Parker's Heraldry:= 
Alder: there is one species of alder bearing berries, and to this probably the arms following refer.
> Argent, three bunches of alderberries proper–ALDERBERRY.
https://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/index.htm

Almond: parts of the Almond-tree are sometimes found, e.g.
> Argent, an almond slip fructed proper–ALMOND.
> Sable, an eagle displayed between two bendlets argent; on a chief or three almond leaves vert–JORDAN, Surrey.
https://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/index.htm

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=Precedents:= 
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html<br>
Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)<br>
'' '''Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.''' ''

==Definition:== 


==Registerability:== 
<span style="background-color: #ffffff;">(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)</span>

==='''March 2011 - weeping willow redux:'''=== 
"[T]he weeping willow was cultivated in Andalusia in period, therefore we will no longer consider its use to be a step from period practice."
[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2011/03/11-03lar.html March 2011 LoAR]

==='''June 2005 - weeping willow:'''=== 
"Given that the weeping willow is unknown in period (let alone period Europe), its use is considered one step from period practice (a weirdness)." <span style="color: #ff0000;">'''SEE ABOVE [March 2011] FOR UPDATE.'''
[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/06/05-06cl.html June 2005 LoAR Cover Letter]


==Conflict:== 

===March 2014 - barnacle goose tree vs other trees:=== 
#183 '''ffride wlffsdotter.''' Badge. (Fieldless) A barnacle goose tree gules fructed Or.
Blazoned on the Letter of Intent as a ''barnacle goose'', this submission is actually of the barnacle goose plant or tree, not just the bird itself. The period citations of this bird all do show birds growing from a tree or plant, but the depiction of the tree or plant varies widely, and is not the focus of the citations. This then appears to be a tree with birds, either as fructing on the tree or as effectively maintained charges.
This badge is therefore returned for conflict with the badge of Walraven van Nijmegen, ''(Fieldless) A créquier gules''. There is a DC for fieldlessness, but nothing for the fructing of or maintained barnacle geese.
http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2014/03/14-03lar.html

===August 2011 - willow vs. weeping willow vs. generic trees:'=== 
On the June 2005 Cover Letter, standards were set out regarding the differences between white willows, weeping willows, and generic trees. At that time, weeping willows were granted a CD from white willows and oak or generic trees, and their use was declared a step from period practice. White willows were not granted a CD from oak or generic trees. Further research... led to declaring weeping willows no longer a step from period practice in March 2011.

We are hereby overturning the June 2005 precedent, and declaring that willows are willows: while there may be a blazonable distinction between a weeping willow and a white willow, there is no CD between the two, nor is there a CD between a willow of any sort and an oak or generic tree. Both are registerable.
http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2011/08/11-08lar.html


==='''November 2008 - blasting:'''=== 
"We do not grant difference for blasting: ... no difference between a tree and a tree blasted: 'There is no CD between a tree eradicated and a tree blasted and eradicated, as noted in the August 1994 LoAR... This is because there are period depictions of trees with only a few leaves.' (LoAR July 2000)"
<span style="color: #0000ff;">[[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2008/11/08-11lar.html|November 2008 LoAR]]</span>

==='''June 2005 - weeping willow vs oak vs generic:'''=== 
"There is a CD between a weeping willow tree and an oak tree or a generic tree."
<span style="color: #ff0000;">[This precedent overturned as result of August 2011 LoAR precedent listed above.]</span>
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/06/05-06cl.html|June 2005 LoAR Cover Letter]]

==='''June 2005 LoAR - default willow vs oak vs generic:'''=== 
"There is not a CD between a white willow, which is the default willow tree, and an oak tree or a generic tree."
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/06/05-06cl.html|June 2005 LoAR Cover Letter]]

==='''June 2005 LoAR - white vs weeping willow:'''=== 
"There is a CD between a white willow tree and a weeping willow tree."
<span style="color: #ff0000;">[This precedent overturned as result of August 2011 LoAR precedent listed above.]</span>
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/06/05-06cl.html|June 2005 LoAR Cover Letter]]

==='''June 2005 - willows vs. other trees:'''=== 
<span style="color: #ff0000;">[This precedent overturned as result of August 2011 LoAR precedent listed above.]</span>
Of the willows currently registered, the majority of trees blazoned simply as "willows" are weeping willows, not white willows. In nearly every example, the foliage comes almost to the ground, or is depicted as long drooping branches, or both. This makes a difference as weeping willows get a CD from an oak or generic tree. Laurel has ruled "There is a CD between a willow tree and a standard round shaped tree, just as there is a type CD between a pine tree and a standard round shaped tree. [Aleyn More, 09/02, A-Caid]". This precedent applies to a weeping willow tree; not a willlow tree. The compiled precedents do not note that Aleyn's tree is a weeping willow tree, a fact made clear in the device's blazon.
We will follow the medieval and modern heraldic convention and use the white willow as the default willow. The registered armory with weeping willows have been reblazoned to reflect the emblazons.
PRECEDENT:
* There is a CD between a weeping willow tree and an oak tree or a generic tree.
* There is not a CD between a white willow, which is the default willow tree, and an oak tree or a generic tree.
* There is a CD between a white willow tree and a weeping willow tree...
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2005/06/05-06cl.html|June 2005 LoAR Cover Letter]]

==='''June 2003 - tree branch vs tree:'''=== 
"a tree branch is not significantly different from a tree of the same type"
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2003/06/03-06lar.html|June 2003 LoAR]]

==='''September 2002 - pine tree vs standard round tree:'''=== 
"...there is a type CD between a pine tree and a standard round shaped tree."
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/09/02-09lar.html|September 2002 LoAR]]

==='''July 2001 - tree vs tree stump:'''=== 
"There is substantial difference between a tree and a tree stump."
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/07/01-07.lar|July 2001 LoAR]]

==='''July 2001 - tree vs tree blasted:'''=== 
"by the precedent set on the February 1998 LoAR (p. 4, s.n. Wolfgang Schwarzwald) there is a CD between a tree and a tree blasted."
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2001/07/01-07.lar|July 2001 LoAR]] <span style="color: #ff0000;">[This precedent overturned as result of November 2008 LoAR precedent listed above.]</span>

==='''July 2000 - eradicated vs blasted and eradicated:'''=== 
"There is no CD between a tree eradicated and a tree blasted and eradicated"
[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2000/07/00-07lar.html July 2000 LoAR ]<span style="color: #ff0000;">[This precedent overturned as result of July 2001 LoAR precedent listed above.] </span><span style="color: #008000;">[This precedent was reinstated as result of November 2008 LoAR precedent listed above.]</span>

==='''February 2000 - eradicated vs couped:'''=== 
[No CD between eradicated and couped] "In both cases there is a CD for fieldlessness, but nothing for the type of tree nor for the difference between eradicated and couped."
[[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/2000/02/00-02lar.html|February 2000 LoAR]]

==='''July 1996 - tree vs tree eradicated:'''=== 
[No CD between a tree and a tree eradicated] "The reason for granting no difference for a tree vs.a tree eradicated is obvious if one considers the poor excuses for root systems found in many trees blazoned as eradicated. Without any period evidence that changing a tree couped to a tree eradicated was considered a cadency step, we see no reason to grant any difference between them."
[[http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1996/07/lar.html July 1996 LoAR]]

==Identifiability:== 



==Collected Precedents:== 
* 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory2.html Collected Armory Precedents]
* 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#TREE TREE]], [[http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elisabeth/armory.html#TREEWillow TREE -- Precedent on Willows and Weeping Willows]]
* 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - [[http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/armoryprec.html#TREE TREE]]
* The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/armory.html Collected Armory Precedents]
* 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/francois/wreath.html Collected Armory Precedents]
* The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elsbeth/armory.html Collected Armory Precedents]
* The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/jaeprec.html Single HTML Document]
* 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -
** [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/volume3.html the 1st part (Nov 1993 - June 1994)] and 
** [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/daudIITOC.html the 2nd part (July 1994 - June 1996)]
* The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/ Collected precedents]
* 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -
**  [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1toc.html the 1st year (June 1990 - June 1991)] and
**  [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1btoc.html the 2nd year (July 1991 - June 1992)]
* The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/alisoun/AMETOP.html Collected Precedents]
* The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/baldwin.html Single HTML Document]
* The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/wilhelm/volume3.html Collected Precedents]
* The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/karina/volume2.html Collected Precedents]
* The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - [http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/early/volume1.html Collected Precedents]


=In the Ordinary:= 
(includes sapling)
* Plant - Crequier - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Alder - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeelongatedshape Tree - Elongated shape]
* Tree - Apple - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Ash - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Aspen - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Beech - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeelongatedshape Tree - Elongated shape]
* Tree - Birch - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeelongatedshape Tree - Elongated shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dBLASTED Tree - Blasted]
* Tree - Cedar - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treepinetreeshape Tree - Pine tree shape]
* Tree - Cherry - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Cinnamon - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Cypress - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeelongatedshape Tree - Elongated shape]
* Tree - Date palm - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treepalmtreeshape Tree - Palm tree shape]
* Tree - Elm - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dELONGATED%20SHAPE Tree - Elongated shape]
* Tree - Fir - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treepinetreeshape Tree - Pine tree shape]
* Tree - Hazel - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Heath - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Hurst - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treemultiple Tree - Multiple]
* Tree - Juniper - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeelongatedshape Tree - Elongated shape]
* Tree - Laurel - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Madrone - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Maple - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Mulberry - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREES%2dMULTIPLE Tree - Multiple]
* Tree - Oak - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Olive - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Orange - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dPALM%20TREE%20SHAPE Tree - Palm tree shape]
* Tree - Pear - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dPINE%20TREE%20SHAPE Tree - Pine tree shape] (includes spruce)
* Tree - Pointed shape - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treepinetreeshape Tree - Pine tree shape]
* Tree - Poplar - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeelongatedshape Tree - Elongated shape]
* Tree - Redwood - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treepinetreeshape Tree - Pine tree shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3aargent%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Argent] (includes crequier plant, linden)
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3aazure%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Azure]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3afur%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Fur]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3agules%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Gules]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3amulticolor%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Multicolor]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3aor%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Or]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3apurpure%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Purpure]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3asable%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Sable]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3avert%3a1 Tree - Rounded shape - 1 - Vert]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dROUNDED%20SHAPE%3a2%20or%20more Tree - Rounded shape - 2 or more]
* Tree - Rowan - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Spruce - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treepinetreeshape Tree - Pine tree shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE9STUMP Tree - Stump] (includes log)
* Tree - Sycamore - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* Tree - Twig - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treebranch Tree branch]
* Tree - Walnut - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treeroundedshape Tree - Rounded shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE%2dWILLOW Tree - Willow]
* Tree - Yew - see [http://oanda.sca.org/ordinary/T.html#treepinetreeshape Tree - Pine tree shape]
* [http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_desc.cgi?p=TREE9BRANCH Tree branch]

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