In Central VA, although it might not be native. The tree has several clumps of reddish-orange berries.

Edit: Looks like pyracantha coccinea (Wikpedia). Thanks for everyone's input.

Exotic looking tree bearing reddish-orange berries and hugging a retaining wall

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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I don’t know the type of tree, but that kind of “flat” growing can be accomplished with any tree! It’s a method called espalier and is commonly used on fruit trees. You can even grow a living fence with this method. Growing the trees apart and then splicing the branches together.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I would think pyracantha, based even on the post title alone. The picture only makes me more certain.

    Then again, I am not familiar with some of the other plants suggested in the bot post.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I’ll second pyracantha. This photo doesn’t contain many ID features though, so there remains some uncertainty. However, the bot failing to ID is expected for such a distant photo.

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  • [–] [B] 3 points 1 year ago

    Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

    Most likely match: Mitraria coccinea Cav.

    Common name Scientific name Likeliness
    Scarlet mitrepod Mitraria coccinea 6.65 %
    Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea 6.44 %
    / Manettia cordifolia 4.79 %
    Chilean glory-flower Eccremocarpus scaber 3.26 %
    Tree cotoneaster Cotoneaster frigidus 1.88 %

    Beep, boop

    I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically.

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