sequoia
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Just down the road from my property are a grove of big acacia trees. I ignored them never making the connection that koa wood (Acacia koa) and Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), some of prettiest wood in the world, might be growing near my house here in northern California.
So today I went and took pictures of them hoping that it would turn out to be koa or blackwood. Pictures below:
Well I'm learning that there are a lot of different acacia trees. What I think I've established is that these are not koa (sob!) or black acacia (sob!). Michael of this forum and who lives in northern California thinks they are silver acacia (Acacia dealbata) also known as mimosa. They do not look like mimosa to me at all and I am a scratching my head. Does anybody know?
So today I went and took pictures of them hoping that it would turn out to be koa or blackwood. Pictures below:
Well I'm learning that there are a lot of different acacia trees. What I think I've established is that these are not koa (sob!) or black acacia (sob!). Michael of this forum and who lives in northern California thinks they are silver acacia (Acacia dealbata) also known as mimosa. They do not look like mimosa to me at all and I am a scratching my head. Does anybody know?