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I'm going to attempt to identify every interesting plant in my yard. I'll start with the trees. I have several huge yellow pines, those I'll skip. I live in south Louisiana in an area that frequently floods.
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These leaves are as big as my head. What's this one called?
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This one? Beech family right? Is it an oak? I know it's not a white oak or a live oak.
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Cypress right?
More to come. I have some other trees in my front yard. Plus some bushes, and a small "garden" in front of the front porch that the previous owner built but my wife hates. She wants to rip the whole thing up and start from scratch. Some azaleas and a few palms. But there's some interesting weeds sprouting up, and I see them all over the area too.
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Yeah I've done some reading and perusing on the web and in a few books, as well as on a foraging forum. I tried to get on there but they have a long and rather odd forum membership approval process and haven't reviewed my application yet. They have a whole forum section full of posts like this but they aren't bushcraft types. They're gardeners and plant nuts. Give them a decent picture or two and they can identify most of the stuff. For some plants they might have to ask a soil question or something like that. Was hoping a few of that type might be here. Guess not.
ID IT! (So what's this one called?)
You know, there's a lot of sarcastic comments going on here. I asked a couple of simple questions. I sent these same identical pictures somewhere else and got some quick answers after answering a couple more inquiries, and without being talked down to.
If I wanted to do a bunch of google research or contact a parish agriculture official then I wouldn't have bothered making a thread asking about it. I would have done all the research myself and never said a word. I can count leaves, look at pictures and make phone calls like every other human being.
I assumed that this forum would be like most of the other places I post where asking open ended questions leads to discussions and teachable moments, not comments about the size of my head being a non-standard form of measurement. I've had a teachable moment here alright. Don't ask a question on this forum unless you already know the answer.
Thanks for all of your indispensable advice. I won't bother your lofty intellects with any more trivial queries.
P.S. Thanks to the couple of people who did give some useful advice.
