tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post4543806335590669033..comments2023-07-26T17:20:34.426+02:00Comments on Elephant's Eye: Fever tree, umbrella thorn, mimosa, Port JacksonDiana Studerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-45417955872205823512012-03-31T22:44:27.146+02:002012-03-31T22:44:27.146+02:00Hi Elephant
Thanks for the link. Acacia tortilis ...Hi Elephant<br /><br />Thanks for the link. Acacia tortilis is high on my list as I've already got it bookmark for a future article on Savanah habitat restoration. It's a major foundational or Mother tree to it's environment. The University of Cairo has been doing much research with regards it's ability to Hydraulically lift and redistribute water to other plants around them which is a lifesavour to wildlife.<br /><br />Check out my "Earth's Internet" blog which is more indepth detailed on the mycorrhizal networkings.<br /><br />Thanks again<br /><br /><br />---Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-32099765779362431422010-06-12T20:14:56.451+02:002010-06-12T20:14:56.451+02:00Heidi Gippsland - your link is interesting. Didn&#...Heidi Gippsland - your link is interesting. Didn't know Paterson's Curse is highly allergenic, and that is a huge problem here. Fallow fields covered in shoulder high swathes of pretty flowers - all P's C.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-44637671457507933312010-06-12T16:10:18.552+02:002010-06-12T16:10:18.552+02:00Those thorns are fierce! I can see them being used...Those thorns are fierce! I can see them being used as sewing needles, easily. Interestingly, there is a mimosa tree that is an invasive weed in our area. It has similar leaves to yours. It is an Albizia, from China, not acacia, and it does not have thorns. It does have beautiful flowers and attracts hummingbirds.<br /><br />Congratulations on 200 posts! That is an accomplishment!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-89208234997005276372010-06-12T14:08:04.762+02:002010-06-12T14:08:04.762+02:00Hi Diana,
Your acacia has lovely fine leaves, but...Hi Diana, <br />Your acacia has lovely fine leaves, but those thorns sure look lethal!<br />It sad to see that our wattle is such an environmental problem in your area and in others around the world. It has been quite unloved by many here too as it is so common and has been blamed for allergies. Interestingly, research is letting it off the hook for that at least in most cases http://www.allergy.org.au/content/view/132/1/ <br />While wattle doesn't belong running wild in other countries, I'm learning to love it as a natural part of our landscape here that provides food for many of our birds and insects. <br />I'm not getting in on the argument about botanic names, as I know very little about the subject!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-10123205097195053922010-06-12T12:16:08.079+02:002010-06-12T12:16:08.079+02:00OFB - and apparently the 'wild honey' was ...OFB - and apparently the 'wild honey' was dates.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-1583800347401833222010-06-12T00:16:09.116+02:002010-06-12T00:16:09.116+02:00Beautiful images as always! How different it it to...Beautiful images as always! How different it it to visit your garden - warms me just looking. Love the umbrella shapes of Acacia.<br /><br />Congrats on your 200th post<br /><br />Laura xLaura Bloomsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163589497828975276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-78880520641825827482010-06-11T21:33:40.384+02:002010-06-11T21:33:40.384+02:00beautiful photos of those wicked looking thorns!!!...beautiful photos of those wicked looking thorns!!! and congrats on your 200th post! you're a delight!Judyhttp://oobos.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-78454298076556670822010-06-11T16:33:45.035+02:002010-06-11T16:33:45.035+02:00Congratulations on your first-year blog anniversar...Congratulations on your first-year blog anniversary and 200th post, Diana! Elephant's Eye is a jewel. I always learn something new from your posts! Your native acacia resembles our native honey locust, of which I have many here at Hawk's Haven. They, too, are amazingly thorny (when I was a child, we used to stage swordfights with the thorns) and have that ferny foliage. Honey locusts bear an abundance of large red-brown pods, and got their name because the pods are apparently sweet (as in John the Baptist's "locusts and honey," apparently actually a reference not to eating locusts but carob pods), but I think I won't try to gnaw on one and find out...our friend Benhttp://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-83650446965481934752010-06-11T15:05:13.496+02:002010-06-11T15:05:13.496+02:00Kyna - the word, is pretty. But yes, a strange chi...Kyna - the word, is pretty. But yes, a strange child's name.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-17356031513755967492010-06-11T13:53:48.347+02:002010-06-11T13:53:48.347+02:00It's a shame how some trees and plants brought...It's a shame how some trees and plants brought in from another country for some sort of purpose, can just take over everything. Here, people brought in kudzu vine from another country (I can't remember which one) to feed cattle (at least I think that's the reason tehy brought it in). But it takes over EVERYTHING. You see it covering huge trees from base of trunk, to tip of branches...it blankets the roadside ditches...<br /><br />I love your acacia trees, very interesting to see a tree with thorns. My husband's niece named her baby Acacia. Now that I know what acacia means, I think that's a strange name for a baby? lolKynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-65087271669836100302010-06-11T10:56:24.894+02:002010-06-11T10:56:24.894+02:00Dear Diana of EE, Such very lethal thorns but what...Dear Diana of EE, Such very lethal thorns but what a wonderful tree and one which, to my shame, I had not come across before now.<br /><br />Congratulations on your 200th posting! May there be many more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-36218481930393036772010-06-11T10:31:49.933+02:002010-06-11T10:31:49.933+02:00Wow they are some pretty impressive thorns, wouldn...Wow they are some pretty impressive thorns, wouldn’t wana run into that tree!Stone Art's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897884929345960641noreply@blogger.com