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Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 18:28
| This flower pot didn't have anything in it and I found this growing late this summer. Its really shot up and is fairly nice looking. It doesn't seem to be a tree.. can anyone tell me what it is? I haven't seen one before. Thanks! |
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| Here is one more picture from the top of the plant. |
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| I would say it looks like a Cottonwood tree seedling. Rhonda |
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| I checked and these leafs are the size of my palm. The cottonwood leaves are a bit smaller, i think so I am pretty sure its not that. thanks!! |
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| Frequently leaves of young trees are larger than on mature trees. Instead of size, look at other identifying features: leaf attachment, leaf margins, venation, etc. It's difficult to tell exactly what the stem looks like in your photo, but the leaves sure look like tree leaves to me. |
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| Thank you. I didn't realize the leaves would be that much bigger. The stem is light green. Hard to get a picture of stems and leaf attachments ;) After looking around, I think Rhonda is right in that it is a young cottonwood. It just looked so delicate...lol I thought it was some kind of bush. I might just let it grow, we had two trees die this year and this can replace one of them. :) |
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- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 12:25
| The seed is wind-blown rather than bird-dropped. Some "cottonwood" trees really live up to their name by dropping so much cotton-like fluff-covered seed that it looks like snow. FataMorgana |
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