Tree of the day

firefighter ontheside · August 02, 2019, 09:26:18 PM

I think Danny may have it. Looks right.

Texas Ranger · August 02, 2019, 11:44:37 PM

bi pinnate opposite

caveman · August 03, 2019, 08:34:20 AM

Today's tree of the day. Sorry that I do not have a good sized tree to show pictures of. I am sure several will recognize it right off. Feel free to include some better pictures. They don't really grow here but they are prevalent north of here.

I have another tree of the day sample for another day that many will recognize but most probably do not know that they get to tree size.

Southside · August 03, 2019, 08:57:35 AM

Oh gosh - easy one - Potted Oak, which if set on top of a fence post becomes a different kind of Post Oak, closely related to a Post Turtle. :D

Texas Ranger · August 03, 2019, 01:04:21 PM

DanG seedling leaves, can we get a macro?

caveman · August 03, 2019, 09:31:24 PM

This is a VT picture.

Texas Ranger · August 03, 2019, 11:30:40 PM

I keep coming up northern red, but have been wrong a time or two.

LeeB · August 03, 2019, 11:39:44 PM

Here's a different kind of trees. :D

caveman · August 04, 2019, 06:42:54 AM

Texas Ranger, you were right on the VT picture that I posted (it has been modified to what it should be). The tree was supposed to be a Black Oak (Quercus velutina).

lxskllr · August 04, 2019, 06:51:08 AM

Didn't know other trees were on the table. There's an iron sequoia on my way to work, but I might get arrested collecting a needle sample :^D

caveman · August 04, 2019, 07:03:16 AM

LeeB, I am guessing that since you are in the oil industry, soon to retire I think, it is a Christmas tree.

Today's tree was one I took the pictures of yesterday morning in a waiting room. It is frequently used as a foliage plant but given the proper growing conditions it will reach tree size (nearly 100') and will drop down roots from the trunk and branches. It is very easy to propagate using stem cuttings.

Another hint: Thrips is the main insect that attacks these trees in the nursery or landscape. They are native to Asia and Australia.

LeeB · August 04, 2019, 07:08:42 AM

Caveman, you are correct. They are called christmas trees.

Lindy used to have a few of today's trees as potted specimens. One go fairly big but nowhere as large as you mention.

DelawhereJoe · August 04, 2019, 07:43:33 AM

I'm surprised that tree in the office wasn't fake.

firefighter ontheside · August 04, 2019, 12:24:02 PM

It's hard to come up with any puns for this tree. How about....a guy named Benjamin might like it.

Texas Ranger · August 04, 2019, 02:35:59 PM

I would not give a fig for the doctors visit

ESFted · August 04, 2019, 03:55:08 PM

I canned a bunch of fig jam today, but they didn't come from this tree.

btulloh · August 04, 2019, 04:01:41 PM

Rhymes with "like us"

caveman · August 04, 2019, 08:13:26 PM

Y'all got it. Produces latex and has edible berries. Benjamin Fig (Ficus benjamina). I have seen it grown as a hedge.

caveman · August 05, 2019, 04:29:16 AM

I do not have anything for today. A few we have not used and I do not have around here are Balsam Fir, Sitka Spruce, Redwood, Western Redcedar, Spruce Pine, Jack Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Pin Oak, Mesquite, Cuban or Florida Mahogany, Red Mangrove, White Mangrove, Black Mangrove, Douglas Fir, Scotch Pine, Western Hemlock, Melaleuca, Eucalyptus, River Birch, Quaking Aspen, Buckeye, and a host of others.

Ianab · August 05, 2019, 05:26:14 AM

Careful what you wish for, there are ~300 species of Eucalyptus :D

Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) was the last one I posted. Brilliant timber, but very slow growing and legally protected, so very little is harvested these days.

Anyway, another local.

Leaves

Trunk / branches with a local Honey Eater strutting his stuff (early spring is mating season) and the birds come down from the Mt to hang out in the town gardens where there are more flowering trees.

Closer up of the flower. The pic is right way up, the bird isn't :D

caveman · August 05, 2019, 06:21:50 AM

Thanks, Ian. I think I know what it is, even though I cannot pronounce it, but I won't go out on that limb quite yet.

Years ago, Florida's Forest Service had Eucalyptus spp. listed on the FFA forestry contest list. I guess they could have used any of the 300. I only saw it show up once and the leaves the collecting forester used were red.