Tree ID

[SailorBold]

Does anyone know what kind of tree this is?

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, SailorBold said:

Does anyone know what kind of tree this is?

Neltuma AKA:  Mesquite ..Likely N. velutina, Velvet Mesquite. 

Honey Mesquite will have larger / wider leaflets. Non Native Mesquites / hybrids involving them,  like Chilean and Argentine Mesq. also have larger leaflets. 

Needs a hair cut ( Whip-y growth trimmed from the bottom up. )

Also looks like some of them need to be thinned / staked to one leader, instead of what looks like 3 ( or more? )

[SailorBold]

That was my first thought ...but they all looked so weepy I wasn't sure.. my mind went to some kind of acacia...thanks for the id..!!

[Silas_Sancona]

2 hours ago, SailorBold said:

That was my first thought ...but they all looked so weepy I wasn't sure.. my mind went to some kind of acacia...thanks for the id..!!

While there may be some that look more upright from a distance, can't think of a Mesquite i've seen that didn't have some deg. of weepy-ness up close.. Even the " Swamp - Squites "  ( Local term for the mess of hybrids between the South American and native sps you see all over the place here ). 

Would say i'm surprised to see short, " blob- y " looking specimens like the ones you found but i'll see examples like those in new landscape plantings where the city / residential landscaper used small, un- trained specimens here every so often. 

Interesting too to see them being used in landscapes ( ..and fairly recent iNat observations of the species from out there ) 

While it is best to get these in the ground as soon as possible from pots,  starting out w/ specimens that are multiple branching, close to the ground, and have no clear leader to work from form can present problems later as they are directed toward a traditional " shade tree " form. 


" Little Monster ", at the old house,  is a good example of how smaller Mesquite should be trained..  It actually broke not long after our neighbors had bought that house but,  being a mesquite, it didn't skip a beat after i removed all the whip-y side growth and directed  the dominant leader up ...more so than allowing any outward growth to dominate.

Considering it and the other Mesquite on the right i'd planted there only get water when it rains since moving, both have actually grown quite a bit since i'd planted them. 








Still not sure if it is velutina or N. laevigata from central Mexico.. Two look very similar, except for the pods and flowering time.