Triadica sebifera
Chinese Tallow Tree at Hughes, ACT
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| Triadica sebifera | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Jan 2022 | |
| Celtis australis | ruthkerruish | 18 Dec 2021 |
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Not sure if this is Celtis australis. Planted in a private adjacent to HGW where the nettle tree is a problemgarden and growing at an alarming rate.
4 comments
18 Dec 2021
Not nettle tree - like all plants in the elm family the two sides of a nettle tree leaf do not mirror each other with one side longer than the other. Possibly a pear species?
18 Dec 2021
Pear looks like a possibility, I’ll check the tree out in person when I’m back in Canberra.
20 Jan 2022
I think this is the Chinese Tallow Tree - Triadica sebifera, formely Sapium sebiferum.
20 Jan 2022
Thanks Meredith - This is a planted specimen as far as I know it is yet to naturalise in the ACT but it is a significant weed in SE Queensland and NE NSW.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098786-35.337986
- Altitude 622.0m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Dec 2021 05:41 PM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Alive / healthy Plant health
- Yes Planted
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Species information
- Triadica sebifera Scientific name
- Chinese Tallow Tree Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- 437m to 631m Recorded at altitude
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