Some will know right away what this is. If you do, give the others a chance to guess. Charlie, Deadheader, Crosscut..... You can play but you're disqualified to name it. :D
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They form a pretty crown for landscaping
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The seeds form like a row of corn from the sickeningly sweet smelling, bottle brush shaped flowers.
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The thick bark is composed of many thin layers and is pliable like paper. Many commonly call it a paperbark tree.
It looks like it might be some kinda willow?
Noble
It looks similar to a Russian Olive, but I've never seen one that big.
Mark
Australian Paperbark Tree, other common names -bottle brush tree, cajeput tree, melaleuca, niaouli, paperbark, punktree
That's good Chet!
It's taken over south Florida. When I was a kid it was planted on our street as an ornamental. Other than the bark, which I find neat, the main remembrance I have is the overpowering sweet smell of the flowers. It was almost nauseating.
I would certainly like to find a use for the lumber because a fellow could almost be paid to cut the trees down. 'Course if they found out you were using the tree then the economics would change and it would go from a nuisance weed to a valuable timber tree. :-/
Some of the invasive critters that plague Michigan are: purple loosestrife, glossy buckthorn, spotted knapweed, and zebra muscles. None of dem are sawable either. :(
Yeah but Buckthorn is a beautiful wood to turn. Real nice grain and color.