Triadica sebifera

Chinese Tallow Tree at Hughes, ACT

Triadica sebifera at Hughes, ACT - 14 Dec 2021
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Triadica sebifera 20 Jan 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Celtis australis 18 Dec 2021 ruthkerruish

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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?
Tapirlord wrote:
   18 Dec 2021
Pear looks like a possibility, I’ll check the tree out in person when I’m back in Canberra.
mcosgrove wrote:
   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.

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Hippodamia variegata (Spotted Amber Ladybird) at Hughes, ACT - 10 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish
Lampona cylindrata (White-tailed Spider) at Hughes, ACT - 5 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish
Drymaplaneta communis (Eastern Wood Runner, Common Shining Cockroach) at Hughes, ACT - 4 Nov 2018 by ruthkerruish
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Alisterus scapularis (Australian King-Parrot) at Hughes, ACT - 9 Oct 2018 by ruthkerruish
Apina callisto (Pasture Day Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 21 Aug 2018 by ruthkerruish
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Porela cinerea (A Porela Moth) at Hughes, ACT - 19 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish
Oecophoridae (family) (Unidentified Oecophorid concealer moth) at Hughes, ACT - 19 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish
Digitaria sanguinalis (Summer Grass) at Hughes, ACT - 10 Mar 2018 by ruthkerruish
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Drosophilidae (family) (Vinegar fly) at Hughes, ACT - 21 Feb 2018 by ruthkerruish
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Malva neglecta (Dwarf Mallow) at Hughes, ACT - 12 Nov 2017 by ruthkerruish
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Chlorophyllum sp. at Hughes, ACT - 15 Jun 2017 by ruthkerruish
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Pieris rapae (Cabbage White) at Hughes, ACT - 24 Dec 2012 by ruthkerruish
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Tiliqua scincoides scincoides (Eastern Blue-tongue) at Hughes, ACT - 15 Oct 2006 by ruthkerruish
Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly) at Hughes, ACT - 12 Mar 2006 by ruthkerruish
Apis mellifera (European honey bee) at Hughes, ACT - 8 Mar 2006 by ruthkerruish
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  • 14 Dec 2021 05:41 PM Recorded on
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