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Essentia

Essentia

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Can someone possibly tell me what kind of tree this is by the leaves? I have searched all over the internet and all leaves are starting to look the same. >.< I have been looking around my yard and found a pecan and magnolia tree (I just moved here not that long ago so never really paid attention). I have this (the picture) tree several different places in my yard, so I was just trying to figure out if it may be chin safe.
 

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It looks like a ficus but I really don't know my trees that well. I have a ficus indoors that has leaves like that. Well, I just looked it up, probably not a ficus LMBO, sorry.
 
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I don’t know trees, but my dad is standing here and said it looks like a laurel bush, and looks poisonous.
 
There was someone on the old forum, "from the middle of nowhere" who knew her stuff - even had a vine as thick as her wrist going a hundred feet into a tree - but don't know if she made it here, yet! Expert on poison oak, too!
 
Bethany said:
I don’t know trees, but my dad is standing here and said it looks like a laurel bush, and looks poisonous.
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This isn't a bush. It's a tree at least 20 ft. tall and the trunk is at least 3 feet around. I will take a picture of the tree once it becomes light again. I tried earlier, but it was already getting dark.
 
Essentia said:
This isn't a bush. It's a tree at least 20 ft. tall and the trunk is at least 3 feet around. I will take a picture of the tree once it becomes light again. I tried earlier, but it was already getting dark.
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There are laurel trees, but all are flowering.
 
to me it almost looks like a dogwood leaf from the pictures I've been looking at, but I believe dogwoods flower..
 
Same here, and there are like 6 in the yard so it has to be something that grows prevalently in Florida. Is smells a little mintyish when you break a branch off... Meh. I'll just take a picture of the whole tree and then someone can possibly come on and say "That's a blah blah blah"!
 
There is a great tree forum that answered my tree questions when I had them. David's garden, or something I think?
 
Is the bark smooth or rough? Brown, orange, white, or grey colored?

I would be a little worried about you selling people wood off of trees at some place you haven't lived at long...
 
Riven said:
Is the bark smooth or rough? Brown, orange, white, or grey colored?

I would be a little worried about you selling people wood off of trees at some place you haven't lived at long...
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I'm not asking about this wood to sell it.

If you're referring to the magnolia I said I was cutting tomorrow please realize I would never, ever sell to someone if I didn't know about what I was selling. I have been to this home for the last 4 years to visit the lady who lives here with us and I have been friends with the landlord for the last 7 years. I know for a fact that none of these trees have been treated with pesticides. The landlord does the yard work and I specifically asked him. He has owned this home and the property for the last 20 years. I have also gotten permission from him to trim the trees as they need it anyway.
 
I'd be safe and not use it, but I have no clue what it is!

If there is a nursery nearby you may be able to bring a small branch and they may be able to identify it (never tried but it's a thought!). Maybe someone seeing it in person would be able to identify it better.
 
Is it evergreen? I didn't think of camphor because I wasn't thinking evergreen, good catch Kalandra!

Camphor has very small flowers, in general. It is used a lot of repel bugs.

Doesn't your land lord know what it is?
 
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