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29th January 2008, 09:28 PM
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| I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Townsville, Qld, Australia
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|  Tree identification in Townsville, Queensland, Australia I have recently moved to and bought a house in Townsville, Queensland, Australia and have a number of unknown large trees. The largest is about 60cm in diameter and must be about 30m tall, and unfortunately way too near our pool! I have attached a photo showing the leaves and its "seed pods". It must have had and dropped about 200 of the seed pods over the last 2 months, some of which are now starting to sprout. I have seen other trees like it around the area and in the parks but of course they are the trees that are never labelled  Any help in its identification would be appreciated. Thanks.Last edited by torttech : 29th January 2008 at 11:08 PM. Reason: Typo |
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29th January 2008, 09:34 PM
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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| Re: Tree identification in Townsville, Queensland, Australia The tree is Khaya senegalensis African Mahogany...and I have no good news for you really contact Stephen Murphy Northern Tree Specialists (he's in the yellow pages) and ask him to come out and advise you....these are a very large growing species when planted on clay soils have a very prominant surface running root system.
__________________ Sean  Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran |
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29th January 2008, 11:16 PM
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| I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Townsville, Qld, Australia
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| Re: Tree identification in Townsville, Queensland, Australia Thanks for the info. Consulting a tree specialist sounds like its going to be expensive though? My research had also led me to the African Mahogany, however many pictures I found on the internet showed different bark (smooth vs a fissured? type on mine) as well as different shapes of seed pods (compared to the round on mine). Hence I wasn't convinced that my identification was correct. |
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29th January 2008, 11:34 PM
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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| Re: Tree identification in Townsville, Queensland, Australia Hmmm...well you could just get in a lopper and have the thing removed for say $1000/$2000 don't know, or you could pay Stephen $100 and have him give you a range of options (and yes sight unseen maybe the only sensible optionis removal) choice is yours eh? 
__________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran |
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31st January 2008, 11:55 PM
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| Over mature heritage tree  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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| Re: Tree identification in Townsville, Queensland, Australia $100 for honest, unbiased advice that is not based around "selling" you work that may be totally unnecessary will be the best money you could spend on your tree, and save you $$$$ or even save your tree. The general public sadly underestimate the value of the advice a consulting arborist can offer over a "free quote" from larry the local lopper. |
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