renee 0 Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Are these eucalyptus leaves? Link to comment
Taylor 0 Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 6,360 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 341 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/11/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 27, 2011 Birthday: 14/05/1998 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'm pretty sure my dads got the same plant. If so then yes. It doesn't have a little tag? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'm pretty sure my dads got the same plant. If so then yes. It doesn't have a little tag? Little tags come with plants bought at a nursery...not branches from the park or elsewhere Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Yes sorry Taylor, no tags - this comes from one of my hubby's foraging missions. I am not sure about the leaves, they look a bit wide and dark green .... Link to comment
Twisted 0 Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 6,621 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 188 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,110 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 27, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Scrunch up the leaves and have a smell, you can usually smell if it has a strong eucalyptus smell or not. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) that's what I was thinking twisted. lol. When I go looking in the park , which by the way is totally against the law I scrunch and smell and then saw and hope no one sees me. Edited November 13, 2011 by splat Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Scrunch up the leaves and have a smell, you can usually smell if it has a strong eucalyptus smell or not. Agree with Twisted... This will give you 100% of an answer! Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks for the tip! I scrunched up the leaves and NO eucalyptus smell. Tragedy averted. Link to comment
Squeak_Crumble 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 5,236 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,025 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,515 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2013 Birthday: 11/06/1997 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks for the tip! I scrunched up the leaves and NO eucalyptus smell. Tragedy averted. I have the same plant, and have given it to the birds. Does it have a kind of plastic sheen to it? topside only.. Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 I have the same plant, and have given it to the birds. Does it have a kind of plastic sheen to it? topside only.. Yes. it is very glossy in the top side. But I have decided not to risk it and hubby is off on another foraging mission determined to get 100% eucalyptus from now on. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Better safe than sorry I always think. Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Better safe than sorry I always think. Precisely! Get it wrong and it just doesn't bear thinking about the consequences, does it? New branches have arrived and the birds were straight into them! Link to comment
Squeak_Crumble 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 5,236 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,025 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,515 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2013 Birthday: 11/06/1997 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Better safe than sorry I always think. Precisely! Get it wrong and it just doesn't bear thinking about the consequences, does it? New branches have arrived and the birds were straight into them! The branches are completely safe though? Link to comment
Taylor 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 6,360 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 341 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/11/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 27, 2011 Birthday: 14/05/1998 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Sorry, I couldn't see a hand holding it or something like that. I looked it up afterwards and yeah it wasn't a eucalyptus, but it was getting late and I forgot to post in the morning. I think though I've given my birds that and no probs Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 The branches are completely safe though? I dunno. I was hoping someone would identify them and then if they were on the "safe list" I would have gone ahead and given them to my birds. But no one did. So I didn't. Link to comment
Amy S 0 Posted November 15, 2011 Member ID: 5,666 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 601 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2022 Birthday: 23/04/1982 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Did the leaves smell really strongly? I have a gum tree that doesn't smell like an eucalypt at all - it has a super strong smell to it, and it looks exactly like those leaves and branches you've posted. Link to comment
renee 0 Posted November 15, 2011 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Did the leaves smell really strongly? I have a gum tree that doesn't smell like an eucalypt at all - it has a super strong smell to it, and it looks exactly like those leaves and branches you've posted. Not really ... Link to comment
Amy S 0 Posted November 16, 2011 Member ID: 5,666 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 601 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2022 Birthday: 23/04/1982 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Ah well least you're safe with some lovely new branches now Bet the leaves are almost non existent now too haha our lovely feathered friends absolutely devour branches and leaves so so quickly! Link to comment
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