White coney flower clusters

[NickfromWI]

I drove up to central CA this weekend. I saw some wierd trees that were blooming. This might be TOO easy for some of you. So in the interest of fun, I am going to only post the trunk, leaves and branches now. I'll post the flowers in a day or so if no one gets it.

love
nick


ps- here's the trunk

 

[NickfromWI]

Here's the leaves.

The "branch" pictures that I often post (looking up at the canopy from the base of the tree) have some dead give-away hints on them, so this is all you get for now!

love
nick

 

[jerseygirl]

OH OH OH

I think i know (like a little kid in school) pick me

formed into a question

Is that a california buckeye?


jz

 

[easyphloem]

I thought buckeye when I saw the leaves. The trunk looked like a Malus.

SZ

 

[NickfromWI]

I think you both are right. I don't know for sure. Here's the rest of the pics. Here's the whole tree...

 

[NickfromWI]

The branch structure...

 

[NickfromWI]

And the flower clusters

 

[Leon]

That's a pretty tree. I've never seen one of them before. What's the botanical name?

 

[jerseygirl]

California buckeye: Hippocastanaceae Aesculus californica


pretty -thanks for sharing your find

jz


coffee is on - got to go