Mystery Tree
Sep 3, 2019 13:50:59 #
I have been watching this "dead" palm tree for about 2 years. I have watched the woodpecker go in and out of the "pathway thru" the tree. BUT, there's something mysterious about the tree. Atop the dead trunk where once waved the fronds of the tree is another tree that possibly was planted by a bird, or the wind, or something else. It appears to be a citrus tree. Maybe someday I'll take the time to find out. Meanwhile it remains a mystery and gets my attention every time I turn where it is situated.
Sep 3, 2019 14:24:53 #
Sep 3, 2019 14:59:03 #
It is very unusual, there must be something to carry moisture from the ground up to the plant. It would be interesting to see a photo that showed the entire tree to give a visual of its height.
Sep 3, 2019 15:34:34 #
Sep 3, 2019 16:05:23 #
Take one of the green leaves, crush and crumble it with your fingers, then sniff the crushed leaf. If it has a citrus odor, then you're one step closer to identifying the tree. As the mystery tree matures, check the limbs and twigs for thorns...if it's thorned you have a Lime Prickly Ash, also called an Indian Toothache Tree...
the sap will deaden a minor cut.
Batman
the sap will deaden a minor cut.
Batman
Sep 3, 2019 16:08:20 #
Well Batman we have only one problem. That little tree is about 20 feet off the ground over a fence inside another man's pasture. I have no way to ascend to the top of that tree to check out the little tree. Great suggestions but in my case a little bit impossible. Thanks
Sep 3, 2019 16:09:11 #
Well Batman we have only one problem. That little tree is about 20 feet off the ground over a fence inside another man's pasture. I have no way to ascend to the top of that tree to check out the little tree. Great suggestions but in my case a little bit impossible. Thanks
I will try to take a picture of the whole tree at a distance one of these days and show you
I will try to take a picture of the whole tree at a distance one of these days and show you
Sep 3, 2019 19:08:52 #
Looks like a ficus to me. Leaves are similar to citrus trees but the bark seems too light for a citrus.
Sep 4, 2019 08:31:12 #
tomc601 wrote:
Looks like a ficus to me. Leaves are similar to citrus trees but the bark seems too light for a citrus.
One of the types of ficus is the "strangler fig". I don't know where this photo was taken, but in Florida we have strangler figs - the seeds end up in a crevice in a tree - usually a palm tree - and start growing. They aggressively send roots down towards the ground, and once they reach the ground the fig starts growing quickly, and eventually will kill the host tree and become a tree of its own. This is one adaptation that lets this plant survive the competition to reach sunlight in the dense rainforest where it originates.
Sep 4, 2019 11:10:51 #
Sep 4, 2019 14:28:50 #
Here's the whole tree. I'd say it was about 20 ft tall.
Sep 4, 2019 20:40:48 #
That is absolutely amazing! I was thinking that maybe frequent rains would allow for water to collect in the space where the tree is growing. But on closer inspection I see you are in Abernathy, which is only spittin' distance from us in Amarillo. Which rules out any appreciable frequent rain! Plus, what the double hockey sticks was a palm tree doing growing in Hale County?????
Sep 4, 2019 22:17:28 #
Sep 5, 2019 08:29:33 #
I am from Abernathy Texas but I do not live there. I live in Okeechobee Florida right on the largest freshwater lake of the State of Florida.
Sep 5, 2019 21:27:46 #
ladellpatterson wrote:
I am from Abernathy Texas but I do not live there. I live in Okeechobee Florida right on the largest freshwater lake of the State of Florida.
Well, that makes a lot more sense as far as a palm tree goes!
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