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Tree ID please help zone 9b

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Please help me identify this tree. I thought it is Poinciana or may be mimosa, but no flowers. It drops leaves for winter time. It has huge roots.

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floraluk2

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Even new leaves in spring will show typical identifying characteristics. A doubly pinnate leaf will be doubly pinnate however young the leaf. A location and some clearer close up pictures would be helpful.

If your location is truly 9b it is unlikely to be 'earpod' tree which is at home in zones 10 - 11.

There are many Fabiaceae trees with similar pinnate leaves and I very much doubt a plant app can sort them out without other features such as flowers, fruit etc. and certainly not from these photos.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last month
Take a small branch to the local nusery they can tell you in a minute
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
last month
There is a forum here - Name That Plant - that deals specifically with plant identification and is frequented by some very knowledgeable individuals that can ID just about anything and with amazing speed!! Be sure to provide a geographic location (zones are meaningless) and as much leaf and branch detail as you can.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/namegal
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BeverlyFLADeziner
last month
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-plant-identification-app/

There is also PICTURETHIS app

There is also SEEK app

Both will identify plants.

The tree looks like a Royal Poinciana to me. Strange about the no flowers. Should not drop leaves. Maybe a Jacaranda??
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floraluk2
last month
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Both Jacaranda and Royal Poinciana have doubly pinnate foliage which the pictured tree doesn't appear to have.
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addicted2
Original Author
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Thank you all for comments and help. Yes I posted at discussion NAME IT,
addicted2
Original Author
last month
floraluk2 Tree is getting still foliage from winter droppings.
addicted2
Original Author
last month
@ BeverlyFLADeziner Thank you for sharing link for plant ID. I tried. I got some thoughts.

I found leaves from Earpod tree and trunk similar but no pods...no flowers. :-((
Sandyfeet
last month
There is a faux mimosa that doesn’t produce flowers or “puffs”.
CaliMexItali Gal
last month
I have an iPhone and I’ll take pics of flowers and trees on a hike. The phone will then identify the foliage and provide links, like Wikipedia, to learn more.
floraluk2
last month
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Again, although phones can id some straight forward things they are not particularly reliable. They can produce ridiculous results on similar looking foliage for example. The user cannot tell if the id is correct.

I don't know what species is meant by 'false mimosa'. The only tree I can find under that name in Google is Albizia julibrissin, which most definitely does produce flowers and has doubly pinnate foliage.
addicted2
Original Author
29 days ago
last modified: 29 days ago
Yes, we are truly in 9b zone. But it is interesting that new 2023 USDA zone plan shows next street to us is already 10a. :-)))

Check your zone on new plan https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
sscotto13
29 days ago
Monkeypod?
floraluk2
28 days ago
last modified: 28 days ago
Nope. That one is also doubly pinnate, which OP's tree is not, as far as I can discern from the pictures. Better photos really would help.

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