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Please help me identify a tree
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Posted by jaeeks 10 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 21, 04 at 16:25
| I recently moved into a home that has the strangest looking tree. I can't seem to find any information on it so far.
Characteristics:
It's about 6 feet tall with a long, slender, smooth, green trunk. It branches out into vertical string bean looking bunches. It almost looks like a succulent of some sort. It hasn't flowered and I don't know if it will. It was dormant when I moved in and started growing the "string bean" looking things around May.
Any suggestions? |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Please help me identify a tree
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| I am intrigued. You really should try to get a picture posted for us in order to aid in identifying. |
RE: Please help me identify a tree
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| May be a Palo Verde. Cercidium. Hard on people with allergies and asthma. |
RE: Please help me identify a tree
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| Desert Willow? IF the house is new and the planting relative new the tree has a long way to go. Gets huge. We had one that lifted our block fence after about 5 years. It sheds pods and 'strings' profusely. Messy. |
RE: Please help me identify a tree
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| Thank you for all your responses so far. When looking further into the Palo Verde suggestion and pictures of them it sounded right until the description mentioned thorns - this one has no thorns. Do they have a thornless version? Also, I can't really tell whether it is going to flower...it doesn't look like it so far. The desert willow decription says it has bark and brown leaflets...no bark, no brown. It's all green. I'll try to get a picture posted. This tree is potted in a very large pot |
RE: Please help me identify a tree
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| Could it be a pencil euphorbia? Or a bottle tree, maybe? Try a Google search in the Images section for those two. |
RE: Please help me identify a tree - Finally identified!
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| THAT'S IT! It's a Pencil Euphorbia! Thank you EileenAZ for helping me identify it. |
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