Botanical name Cryptocarya obovata
A common name Pepperberry
Seedling
Not yet
Young plant
Juvenile
Reasonably mature
I found a quite mature tree a month or so ago, I just happened to look up at the right time, very obviously a Pepperberry, must wander down that gulley again with the camera.
Sassafras
This young Cryptocarya obovata has started to get a move on after a tall Alphitonia excelsa came crashing down from the other side of the gully, taking out the Privett I had not removed. There have been a number of other benficiaries on both sides of the gully. The Alpitonia excelsa is resprouting at various locations along its' length, it is not dead.
I used to wander past this Pepperberry for a few years, not knowing what it was, then one day I took a specimen back to the house. One of the easier identifications.
