Name this tree (in Santa Cruz)

[cath]

My brother and sister-in-law were in Santa Cruz a few months ago. I know it's a small photo, but can you all help to ID it?





Nancy's description "So we are walking down the sidewalk in Santa Cruz and come upon this big MESS of red/orange stuff on the ground and I couldn't figure out what it was. Then (DUH) we looked up to see this!!! So what is it??? "

[Jnicho]

Fred?????









Oh, you mean what species kind of name!

[cath]

I figured someone would step up for that play

[Jnicho]

Originally Posted by cath

I figured someone would step up for that play

Sorry, couldn't resist...my girls have done the what should we name this stuffed animal, dog, cat, fish, snail, crab, etc., etc. for so many years that any time I hear "name this ...." I automatically reply "Fred".

Seriously, I looked at some references I have did not find a tree that matched your picture. Maybe a bump will find someone in Cali that knows what it is.

[know-it-all]

it looks more like a Lucy to me

[cath]

Originally Posted by Jnicho

Sorry, couldn't resist...my girls have done the what should we name this stuffed animal, dog, cat, fish, snail, crab, etc., etc. for so many years that any time I hear "name this ...." I automatically reply "Fred".

Seriously, I looked at some references I have did not find a tree that matched your picture. Maybe a bump will find someone in Cali that knows what it is.

Hehehe Ya, I figured, J.

Originally Posted by know-it-all

it looks more like a Lucy to me

No, and it's not Ricky or Ethel.

Sigh..I better get Doug or Robert in on this one. Of course, they have been known to be smart alacks, too

[Scruffys Catch]

What about Sally?

[Neuticle]

It may be a sweetgum, many municipalities in central California use them for street trees. There really is no way to tell is such a small picture with no leak, seed, or bark to identify, but the Sweetgum is heavily used in that area and will provide the coloration shown in the photo.

....
Is the color from flowers or leaves?

[Scruffys Catch]

I am pretty posative it is not a sweetgum
Here is a pic of a sweetgum when it is that color so you can tell us if it might be Cath

[Scruffys Catch]

Originally Posted by Neuticle

It may be a sweetgum, many municipalities in central California use them for street trees. There really is no way to tell is such a small picture with no leak, seed, or bark to identify, but the Sweetgum is heavily used in that area and will provide the coloration shown in the photo.

....
Is the color from flowers or leaves?

Originally Posted by Scruffys Catch

I am pretty posative it is not a sweetgum

But I think you are on the right track.
Cath I think it is a Corymbia ficifolia or Red Flowering Gum (previously known as Eucalyptus ficifolia)
here is a pic tell me what you think



I found info here(it is tree#11(looking at your pic and this pic I am almost posative it is a pic of the same tree))
http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/pa...wntreewalk.pdf

[Scruffys Catch]

And here is a link with more about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia_ficifolia

[Neuticle]

there you go, it was really hard for me to tell what I was looking at.

[Doug1]

I have no clue

[cath]

Thanks for the help, Stacy and Neutical. I'll show that link to my sister-in-law.

Doug - s'ok. But are you going to go with Lucy or Ethel on the tree name

[Doug1]

Originally Posted by cath

Thanks for the help, Stacy and Neutical. I'll show that link to my sister-in-law.

Doug - s'ok. But are you going to go with Lucy or Ethel on the tree name

Sorry, I didn't get the name thing, But since Billy The Mountain is one of my favorite Zappa songs

"Billy the mountain
Billy the mountain
A regular picturesque
Postcardy mountain
Residing between lovely
Rosamond and gorman
With his stunning wife ethel
A tree, a tree.

Billy was a mountain
Ethel was a tree growing off of his shoulder"

I guess I will go with Ethel