Dear Friends, I know I have been encumbering you all with a myriad of images recently, but for avid vehemence of learning and acquaintance that was simply and merely. Please try assisting, once again, in the identification of the following plants. Thank you so much in advance for all your kindness and patience hitherto:
the first shot looks like Populus tremuloides to me but the bark doesnt fit... the last one looks like what we here have as a tropical houseplant, Schefflera or Tupidanthes. The third one my be Prunus cistena but the leaves dont have the usual serration I would expect.
First one might be Sapium sebiferum, tho' I'm not certain on that. Second is probably a Pistacia species, again I'm not 100% certain.
Jimmy, thank you very much for your reply and effort but the first one does not seem to correspond with the photos I have of Populus tremuloides. The last one has a different bark and ramification than both Schefflera AND Tupidanthus, if I err not. Anyway, if anyone has any idea how to identify these plants, please do join in and state your mind.
the second one is most probably the locust or carob ceratonia siliqua. compare with this http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/eng/imatges_especie/5183_79626.html common in the middle east and is supposed to eb a substitute for chocolate (as if!!!) Pierrot
I am truly discomfitted repeating myself so many times, entreating your assistance so earnestly and receiving nearly always half of the information, and yet, again, how may I find out the names of these plants? Can it be that no one knows amongst you specialists? May no one give a better try? Please do.
If you find the willingness and abilities of people on these forums to be insufficient for your timeline and needs, then I suggest hiring a local horticultural expert, purchasing a local book that covers street trees and the like of your area, or spending the time building a relationship with a local horticulture department at a university. The alternative is presenting us with more relevant and necessary information required to identify the plant (fruits, flowers, form + whether it is native or planted ornamentally), some info of which may require years to be present instead of the few hours between replies.
If these plants are native to the middle east then try getting a copy of the book Plants of the Bible by Michael Zohary. (ISBN: 0521249260) There are good pictures in there that may be able to help you id the plants. I have a copy of the book and will look through it to see if it jogs my memory. Michael Zohary was the botanist at I think the University of Jerusalem. His son Daniel Zohary is also a botanist and is or was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Evolution, Systematics, and Ecology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Conversly why not go to the botanical preserve at En Gedi. there are some fine botanists there that may be able to help you. sorri I cannot be of any more help Pierrot
The fourth plant is sea lavender or statice. It is much used in dried flower arrangements. Limonium I think.
