AusBonsai

Gday,
Driving past a fast food outlet today, I noticed a bobcat ripping out trees. Took a couple home and the fella told me more were to come out next week and that I'd be welcome to them. I went and had a look and there were Eucalypts, grevilleas, and callistemons, and these... Since they were in an area planted exclusively with natives, I imagine these might also be..

Any ideas of what this might be?

Thanks

Webos

Looks like a Dodonaea species. Any more info you can provide on height, fruits, flowers, conditions of site etc? Did you notice any purple coloured ones?

Joel

Just looked up dodonea... You are right...definitely looks like one.

The leaves look a little blunt on the ends but the wavy margins bring Pittosporum to mind? Might be worth having a look at Pittosporum undulatum. Dodonaea usually have their distinctive seed capsules for most of the year.

Definitely a native,
'Omithorhynchus anatinus'
A semi aquatic mammal common to Eastern Australia including tasmania.
Almost always depicted on the 20c piece.

I would side with it being a dodonaea. Leaves look just like the ones in my garden.

Oh, and good on ya for saving what you can. Gotta love these win-win situations. A native tree gets saved, you get a bonsai