tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600273502238057042024-03-08T09:42:36.289-08:00TREES OF SAN JOSEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860027350223805704.post-11970326383629182202011-07-24T16:25:00.000-07:002011-07-24T18:51:31.766-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/108283749153250859210/TreesOfSanJoseCalifornia?authuser=0&feat=directlink"><img height="223px" id="il_fi" src="http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID9711/images/pepperb.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="251px" /></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pistacia Chinensis</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(CHINESE PISTACHE) </span>,<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/108283749153250859210/TreesOfSanJoseCalifornia?authuser=0&feat=directlink"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Tree Album</span></a></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
Deciduous</b>, Slow growth to 60'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Drought Tolerant</b> - Not recommended for irrigated area</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Profile:</b> Narrow leaflets, round canopy, bright red/orange fall color.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Form:</b> Broad crowned tree </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Seasonality</b>: Deciduous</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Size:</b> 30ft with spread 2/3 height; moderate growth rate</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Leaves:</b> Alternate, pinnate, 4-6in long leaves, somewhat lanceolate leaflets 1.5-2in long 1/2in wide; no terminal leaflet; bright green in summer turning attractive bright red color in fall</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Flowers:</b> Dioecious; aromatic, green to red, in loose panicles</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Fruit:</b> Female plants have large clusters of red peppercorn-like berries / Seeds, Drips Sap when in Bloom </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Stems/Trunks:</b> Attractive, fissured, gray</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Range/Origin:</b> Central and Western China</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Hardiness:</b> To low teens</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Landscape Value:</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">· On the large side of residential scale</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">· Parks, public places</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">· Deciduous, seasonal shade/sun</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Exposure:</b> Full Sun</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Water:</b> Heat and drought tolerant; 1-2 deep irrigation per month in hottest season</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Soil:</b> Tolerant, best in uniform</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Propagation:</b> Seed</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Maintenance:</b> low; seed drop on female trees can be messy</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Schinus_Molle.jpg/220px-Schinus_Molle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/Schinus_Molle.jpg/220px-Schinus_Molle.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Comment:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The Chinese Pistache is a common tree found in neighborhoods in San Jose, mostly in areas where track homes were build in the early 60's, the tree is sometimes mistaken for an "Californian Pepper Tree" - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 30px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Schinus molle as pictured left. </span></span><br />
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