[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Ed Northam]

VICTORIA                I haven't seen anyone try to answer your 
'acorn' question yet, so please send a photo with some thing that 
will give me an indication of the size of what your kids are 
eating.   My wild guess at this point is olive tree, but another 
possibility is some type of myrtle, but I can not be sure until I see 
the fruits.  Are they soft or hard acorns?
                   ED NORTHAM


Francis E. (Ed) Northam, Ph.D.,   Weed Biologist
    Program Mgr. -- Invasive Plants
    Univ. of Arizona Cooperative Extension Office -- Maricopa Co.
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At 01:26 PM 12/4/2006, vbrand at osbornnet.org wrote:
>Victoria Brand         85015        vbrand at osbornnet.org
>
>I work at a school.  I found some students picking up what they were 
>calling acorns from a tree we have planted on campus.  I do not know 
>what the tree is.  It has dark green smallish leaves, the tree is 
>young and has a narrow upright appearance.  The acorns are dark 
>purpulish brown blending into beige.
>   The students said they have been eating them since last week and 
> I noticed they are still alive.  I gave them a lecture on eating 
> items from plants without a grown-up telling them it is safe.
>Do you know what kind of tree this could be.  I could send you a 
>photo, but need an email adress to attach it to.
>              Thanks,                            Vicki