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Mystery Tree

comments (3) July 12th, 2011 in gallery

tirch tirch, member
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Can anyone help me identify this tree? It has sweet small white flowers and grows in San Francisco. It is blooming right now. Thankyou!

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tirch writes: I'm pretty sure I've found it. Umbellularia californica
http://bss.lacity.org/UrbanForestryDivision/StreetTree/UmbellulariaCalifornica.htm thank you!
Posted: 3:46 pm on July 15th
tirch writes: thanks for the post, but I should have put a better pic of the flowers. They are a small cluster of white flowers. The Franklinia looks like it has a single white flower. Posted: 4:05 pm on July 14th
flotsam50 writes: My guess is that it is Franklinia (Franklin Tree), which is a species native to the southern United States. Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) has a pretty thorough entry for this tree, so you might refer to that to make a final determination.
Posted: 9:54 pm on July 13th
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