Could be tamarisk or mimosa - what are the leaves like? May want Google photos of the leaves to compare. (It looks like tamarisk from the photo, but not sure about your description of leaves). Rina This post was edited by rina_ on Tue, Aug 12, 14 at 21:45

find the PROPER latin name.. no guessing.. and google invasiveness and its relations.. since the first latin name is different than smoke bush.. they are not closely related.. or it would be the same .. i have had it in adrian MI for 13 years.. and have NEVER seen a seedlings.. let alone a seed pod...but i cant say i looked for one .....i dont know how it could be invasive in MI .... and somehow or another.. i have some vague recollection it or its kin were native in MI .. but i have to serve dinner.. not research that for you ... mmmm .. meatloaf... ken

Thank you all! I was in a dilemma about what to do with all those seedlings. Fledgling: Thanks for this information. It's always good to find trees that can take salt. You know, the first time I heard about Hairstreaks was in this forum - I think in a discussion between Sherry and Sam. Living in South Dakota, how did you learn so much about them? That photo was striking. Sherry: I know you have a couple of these trees. I appreciate your information about the tree and the hairstreaks. But we can't have you DIE on us. Ken: You are a treat! I've already taken your advice with 100 bald cypress seedlings that arrived two weeks early. You are far more experienced with Roundup but we were having gusts of 55 mph. Trying to stay upright while also spraying a specific area begins to wear you out. I knew the winds would drop within 24 hours. After I threw in the towel with roundup, a friend and I went for a 4 mile walk ... jog ... run ... stagger (we are training for a 10K). That was hard but not as hard as trying to Roundup in the cold and wind. I know, we don't really know about cold and wind down here. That's enough for me! Sam: The NC Forestry people called today. They said "keep the seedlings." I'll contact the Meadowview Research Station tomorrow, see if they can take the extras. I'd prefer to do that. Treeguy, I really appreciate your looking up this information. I had a hard time accepting the info from the VA Forestry site but who am I to argue? I misunderstood, this happens all the time. I Googled and found some wonderful papers, research, etc about the AWC but nothing about how to plant or space them. Thanks again! Pam

I can't comment about trees and shrubs much, but I have two boulevard flower gardens between the sidewalk and street that get a lot of salty gravel dumped on them in the winter. I have found that most flowers grow fine with no problems. I used to worry about the salt, but not anymore. I have many native species, as well as daylilies, narcissus, phlox, siberian iris and so forth. So far, I have NOT seen any salt damage. My own personal recommendation is to grow plants are are mostly dormant in winter, i.e.not lavender,iberis or other ones that have a lot of foliage above ground in the winter. I guess the exception would be any seaside plants such as armeria(thrift), which should be immune to salt spray.