[ID] Any idea what these are?

[Gav]

Hi guys,

I have recently moved onto 10 acres of pretty much bush land. These little fellas are in their thousands on the property.They have little berries growing on them too. I went out and took a whole stack photos today of some of the trees in decent light, only to find that there was no card in my camera so I quickly ran out and snapped a couple of pics before the sun disappeared . Might get some better ones tomorrow. They seem to grow in some really cool shapes and sizes.

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As you can see in the pics the are growing from solid rock. Any help ID'ing these trees from a fellow forumee would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and I'll keep looking through my book on natives

Cheers, Gav

[Hackimoto]

Are you sure that they are native as they look like the introduced Indian Hawthorne to me. Rhaphiolepis indica.... https://www.google.com.au/search?q=raph ... B800%3B600

Naturalized in Australia http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds ... indica.htm

[Gav]

Thanks for the heads up Hackimoto.
I was just looking through the book of Natives as a first port of call. I had no idea whether it is Native or not.
I will have a better look into the Hawthorn suggestion though.

Regards,

Gav

[Hackimoto]

If they are Indian Hawthorne, they will flower soon with white or pink flowers. They are very tough and make reasonably good Bonsai material. Did you click on the links that I posted?

[Boics]

Your unbelievable with your ID skills Hack.

[Gav]

Yes thank you for that. I have clicked on the links and also had a look at the weeds listing for my local Council and may have come up with another possible solution... Chinee Apple (Ziziphus mauritiana). I will get up close and personal and get some better pics of the leaves and other attributes tomorrow. The kangaroos and wallabies have done a good job of shaping those trees
I will post some more pics in the morning

http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds ... itiana.htm

[Gav]

Here are some more pics of the trees/weeds...

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Share the property with too many Death Adders, Taipans, and Eastern Browns to go russling through the bushes with doing a little trimming of the grass around the trees before getting better pics of the Bark... I tend to stay away from the snakes ever since I nearly got bitten on the face by a Viper while on deployment in Iraq...

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[Damian Bee]

Could it be Eleocarpus sp. ?
Looks like it flowered already.

[Hackimoto]

Not Eliocarpus and I don't think it is Ziziphus mauritiana. My best guess is Indian Hawthorn as it looks like Ziziphus has alternate leaves and Indian Hawthorn has opposite..

[Damian Bee]

Eliocarpus Should I be correcting your botanical grammar there Hacki?

How are those Azalea looking?

I wish my Indian hawthorn were opposite leaved. Mine are definitely alternate.

[Damian Bee]

Don't you just hate it when plant nerds hijack your post

[Gav]

Ok thanks for all your help guys.

Will wait now to see if they start to flower. I might pot one in a training pot and see how it goes.

[Gav]

Don't you just hate it when plant nerds hijack your post

No way... Hack away...

[Hackimoto]

Eliocarpus Should I be correcting your botanical grammar there Hacki?

How are those Azalea looking?

I wish my Indian hawthorn were opposite leaved. Mine are definitely alternate.

The Spelling police are out I was typing in a bit of a hurry.

[Damian Bee]

Ok then......