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[ID] please
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 4:21 pm
by Luke308
I bought this Liquidambar from a nursery for its bark, I have not seen one with bark like this before. I plan on air-layering it in a week or two and get 3, maybe 4 tree from it. Can someone please help me ID the exact species of LIQUIDAMBAR? Thanks in advance
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Re: [ID] please
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 5:26 pm
by Grant Bowie
just looks like the species, Liquidamber styraciflua
Re: [ID] please
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 5:29 pm
by Bougy Fan
Agree with Grant - just the standard LA. I have seen some LA with these "growths" on them - but I don't know what it is.
Tony
Re: [ID] please
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 6:23 pm
by Craig
Bougy Fan wrote:but I don't know what it is.
I believe it's just bark Tony.
An extract from wiki;
"Another distinctive feature of the tree is the peculiar appearance of its small branches and twigs. The bark attaches itself to these in plates edgewise instead of laterally, and a piece of the leafless branch with the aid of a little imagination readily takes on a reptilian form; indeed, the tree is sometimes called Alligator-wood"