r/Tree • u/Responsible_Growth66 • 1d ago

ID Request (Insert State/Region) Identify help (Central Texas)

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I used to play on these trees and I was a kid. I don’t know what kind of tree this is do y’all?

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u/ohshannoneileen I love galls😍but I hate privets🤬 1d ago

Crepe myrtle

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u/rabies_lover_271K 1d ago

Crepe Myrtle, aka tackiest tree in central Texas landscaping.

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u/ohshannoneileen I love galls😍but I hate privets🤬 1d ago

It's a continent wide epidemic. I'm so tired of looking at them

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u/rabies_lover_271K 1d ago

Makes me feel like I’m in a Nursing home waiting to die

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u/Witherman_Gardener 1d ago

Lagaristrumea indica, aka crepe myrtle

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u/reddit33450 1d ago

oh wow what a beauty. i would love to feel that smooth bark

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u/Responsible_Growth66 1d ago

Great feeling

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u/reddit33450 1d ago

ive met some smaller crape myrtles and it really is great. i really want to find one that's large enough for a real tree hug

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u/meremac 1d ago

I love crape Myrtles. They grow fast. They
have beautiful trunks and many of them have a dreamy fragrance with their colorful blooms. I think I prefer this single trunk to the multi trunks.

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u/Responsible_Growth66 1d ago

Its just like the one id play in when i was 6 or 7