Re: shrub ID
- Subject: Re: shrub ID
- From: Jason D j*@yahoo.com
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:16:46 -0800 (PST)
Sounds like Acacia melanoxylon - adult 'leaves' are
called phyllodes. Blooms are cream-colored and sweetly
fragrant Feb-March. Juvenile foliage is as you
describe.
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- barbara sargent <rsgt@california.com> wrote:
> There's a ubiquitous shrub, that seems like a weed,
> that I'd like to ID. It
> has a leaf around 4 1/4 inches long, tapered, around
> 5/8 inch at it's
> widest. Then there are other leaves (are they the
> babies that turn into
> what I described) that strongly resemble acacia
> leaves; they are in twos on
> a very narrow stem, folded down the center and made
> of tiny oval
> overlapping segments. Maybe they open at some point
> but I've only seen them
> folded.
>
> So, what is this shrub/tree? I believe they can grow
> to at least six feet
> and I've never seen a flower or seed on them but
> they do seem to self seed
> all over the place.
>
> Barbara - in Berkeley
>
