Thread: Help: Tree Identification

The first looks like a Liquid Amber, they have hard little spikey seed pods that hurt your feet if you stand on them, but I can only see the leaves.

The other is hard to say as tree is in shadow and the leaves are out of focus.


Can you take more photos of: close up of leaves, close up of bark, close up of any flowers or seed pods, clear photo of trunk, clear photo of overall tree


As for chopping it down, it depends on your council and size of your property, but the short answer is no. If the tree is close to your boundary (councils do stipulate distances) it's ok to remove, or if it poses a danger to your house/structures etc you can apply to get permission, but remove for timber is not a good reason unfortunately.

"This plant's genus name Liquidambar was first given by Linnaeus in 1753 from [the Latin] liquidus, fluid, and the Arabic ambar, amber, in allusion to the fragrant terebinthine juice or gum which exudes from the tree"

I always thought liquid amber was a classy name for beer.

Second tree looks like a very leafy Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) but difficult to be sure.

Thanks all for your help. I've ended up getting somebody on site, and they identified the trees to be Liquidamber and a Silky Oak as you all mentioned correctly. Thanks!