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Silk Floss Tree

Ceiba speciosa

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Description:

Bright pink flowers on sparse tree with spiky trunk. The fruit is large and elongated as shown in the third image. The leaves in the first image are from an American Sweetgum Tree. This tree is just beginning to flower and it's fall!

Habitat:

Residential yard in a group of 3 trees.

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Ceiba speciosa

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Silk Floss Tree

Ceiba speciosa

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KarenP
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Comments (3)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thank you again KarenP! I find it comical that one of the common names is The Drunken Tree :)
LarsKorb
Ouch...interesting bark. Bad idea to run thru a dense plantage of these - at dark, I guess :)

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Flowers of North America
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Fall Into Phenology
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Southern California Wildlife
Mission
Trees of the World

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PublishedOctober 20, 2011

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