Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
Not a Pepper tree.
Can you take a photo of the entire tree? Are the leaves different on older branches (I assume this photo is from the new branches growing from the cuts on the trunk)?
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost
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