Posted by Walt - Lake Placid, Fla.
on 11/1/2008, 5:40 pm
68.56.1.122
Today I drove to a local golf course that has many E. torelliana trees. I didn't know the species until you guys (George and Gus) I.D.d it for me.
This time I got a photo of the developing nuts. I did a google and see this species is put in two genre. What's up with that? I also see this tree is undesirable, that it can kill local bees (does something to the hive wax, causing it to deteriorate) and that it is invasive.
Invasive? I looked around and didn't see any saplings growing. However, I guess saplings don't have a chance to grow from all the mowing around the trees. Plus I noticed the trees themselves had all their lower branches well cut (will post further photos).
Here's a photo of one tree (trunks):
Question: When these nuts mature (how will I know?), are these the seeds that will start new trees? If so, I want to collect some once they are viable.
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