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Spotting

Description:

Red peeling bark (a bit like paper birch) with bright green bark underneath. The leaves were not out yet.

Habitat:

Dry, rocky hillside with some cactus, bushes and short trees. There were lots of these trees mixed in with the other plants.

1 Species ID Suggestions

eliditmore
eliditmore 12 years ago
Gumbo Limbo
Bursera simaruba


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2 Comments

Alison
Alison 13 years ago

Thanks for the id .... I like the alternative name!

ceherzog
ceherzog 13 years ago

I'm thinking Gumbo Limbo. Often called Tourist Tree because of it's peeling bark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bursera_sim...

Alison
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Alison

USA

Spotted on Apr 9, 2011
Submitted on Apr 15, 2011

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