Good job the seeds match too, the bark was how I found it. I looked simply for 'tree bark' and found some small samples on a site, only a few and one was Elm which looked similar but a different colour. Searching for 'Elm bark' brought up one picture which matched, all the others were quite different. I doubt I would have found it otherwise!
It is showing in the Florida site but there's little green, if you look on the map it says the green is vouchered where the white is not but that is vague. Look at the USDA site.
Thanks so much Janet ... your hard work at identifying so many plants is truly remarkable. I really appreciate your efforts and willingness to help! After looking at more photo's on the internet I now realize what all the prolific little seedlings popping up all over the yard and in containers on my deck are ... Chinese Elms!! The little things I've been pulling up look identical to these photo's:
Well, I was outside a few minutes ago and walked around to the back side of my deck and noticed a bunch of the seedlings popping up out of the rocks so I pulled some out and potted them up. These are what I'm thinking are seedlings from the Chinese Elm tree in my neighbors yard but I don't really know for sure. It's quite windy here today (30mph) so my pictures aren't real clear but I thought I'd post them to see what y'all think. There's also another plant in their yard that these could be from ... much smaller than the big Elm but the leaves look the same to me. I can't get a good picture of
This is another plant just on the other side of the fence in my neighbor's yard near where I pulled the above seedlings. They've pruned this plant back to about 4 1/2' in height from where it was (@ 6') a few months ago. Does this look like the same plant, another Chinese Elm tree?
Thanks so much Janet ... I kept looking at the photo's and just couldn't decide if they were the same! Thanks for posting that link again, I hadn't scrolled down far enough to see the seedlings earlier.
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Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
The chopped one definately looks like Chinese elm. They are considered pests in this part of the country. Lovely to look at, but very prolific seeders, and they can spread as wide as they are tall.
Everything I've been reading online says they are not invasive but I find what seems like hundreds popping up all over the lawn, in flower beds and even in my container plants on the deck. The ones in the lawn get mowed down but I've been pulling them from the beds and containers ... I'm afraid I'd have an entire forest if I didn't.
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