Observations by cbucklaewesc

‭Bushy plant appears to have grown 3 feet in height, ‬ a dense mass of stems and leaves in the form of a bush with light yellow to red flowers as it appears to prefer a soil ph of a wide range between‭ ‬5.5-8.0, buds alternate as they are a small trifoliate shape,‭ ‬the leaves are approximates‭ ‬1-2‭ ‬long with leaflets up to‭ ‬1‭ ‬nches long and appear as blue green in the summer before turning yellow in the fall. Plant produces a small cluster of red hairy fruits among the yellow flowers with hairy branches and appears to‭ be five f‬eet in width with a fibrious spreading root system.

‭Plant appears to grow 3 foot tall, ‬requires full sun,‭ ‬can grow up to‭ ‬5‭ ‬feet in width as a bushly like appearance and holds a preference for soil ph around 7, a silvery shrub with the purple to blue tiny flowers of the rosemary plant and the stalk like appearance of the mint plant. Plant appears to grow in colonies with an aromatic nature and roots of this plant appear to be form large networks underground with a waxy like coating on the stem.

The tree itself is tall and thin with a straight trunk and open crown as it possess no leaves at this time, the leaves are usually alternating along the top portion of the tree over approximating a foot long and contain man leaflets looking to be between 3-5 inches long and only about an inch wide. The bark is a greyish brown with almost diamond shaped patterns in it from grooves. The tree usually flowers in april on grey brown twigs and bares nuts in October in a round green husk as the nuts appear to be black in color.

The tree itself is large with a straight trunk, spreading branches and a rounded crown. Tree currently has no leaves but in the spring- summer leaves alternate on thin reddish brown twigs appearing to be a length of between 5-9 inches long with lobes down the midrib. Bark of tree appears to be greyish brown, as the upper trunk appears to be rough with shallow fissures that are broad as the lower part of the trunk appears to be grey and deeply furrowed. Tree in october does produce acorns that are a shiny reddish brown.

The Leaves appear to be Alternating, elliptical to oval in shape, measure to be 1 1/2 to 3 inches in width with pinnate veins, finely serrated edges, borne on spur shoots and are green above and pale green to white below. The Flowers appear to be white in color with 5 petals per flower which bloom in the spring. The Fruit appears in various sizes ranging from a light yellow in the spring to a dark green in the fall when the fruit ripens. The twigs appear to be moderate thickness with a brow to grey appearance holding many spur shoots with plump budding and containing many long grey thorns measuring up to 3 inches in length. The appears to be thin and smooth in younger plants becoming thick and scaly with the possession of the sharp thorns protruding from branch junctions. Branches of the tree appear to have several alternating thorns along them with straight thin trunks and branches holding many spur shoots.

This tree appears to contain a white paper like bark which peals in the summer. The leaves of this plant appear to circular in shape measuring 2 inches in diameter which grow in clusters from stems. This dense grove of trees appear to be 12-14 feet in height and almost bushy in appearance towards the upwards region. The bottom 8 feet of the tree appear to be bare of branches containing leaves.