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by chermoni on October 03, 2006 12:01 AM
I just recently noticed a little tree in the shade area on the side of my house. When I went to get a closer look at it I realized that it is growing out the a root from the big fur tree. It's abviously a shade plant but I have no idea what it is. I do like it and it looks nice back there, I just never knew a small tree could grow out of a root from another big tree. I'll take a picture of it when I get home from work today and put it in mystery plants to see if I can identify it. I thought it was a neat discovery, it looks very healthy and I haven't done anything to it at all. [flower]

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by chermoni on October 04, 2006 09:54 AM
Here are some pictures of the little tree I found growing out of a big tree root.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/chermoni/DSCN0420.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/chermoni/DSCN0421.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/chermoni/DSCN0419.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/chermoni/DSCN0422.jpg

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by johnCT on October 04, 2006 07:48 PM
You need to post some larger pics than those, lol. Are you sure it's not just a sucker from the large root?

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by chermoni on October 05, 2006 08:14 AM
Sorry, I'll try this again. I'm sure it's something different than the large tree. The large tree is some kind of fir tree and the one growing out of it's root is very different.

Here is a pic of the leaves
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Here is the little tree
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Here is where it's growing from
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I apologize if the pics don't end up right, again. Photobucket has changed since I last used it and it's confusing me.

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by joclyn on October 05, 2006 10:54 AM
are you sure that root actually belongs to the fir tree???

is it possible there was some other bush in that spot that has been cut down - and the stump and/or part of the root system was left?

when i bought my house, the previous owners had cut down a bush in the back yard...the second summer i was here, a shoot started growing out of the stump. i let it grown and now i've got the bush back.

could be the same thing here.

the leaves look very familiar and so does the growth and branching pattern. looks just like what's in my neighbors yard - i have no idea what it's called though.

i DO know that it spreads pretty well...i have to cut back whatever grows through my fence two or three times during the summer. seems to me (not that i've looked too closely because the fence is in the way) that it will root if part of the branches touch the soil...
by RugbyHukr on October 08, 2006 12:01 AM
looks like a chinese elm or a zelkovia.

it probably is growing through the root rather than out of it.

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