Isn't the bark of last week's tree gorgeous? I love all of the colors. Thanks to Leslie, Karen and Margaret, we know this is the Lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana).

Your clues for this week:

1. This tropical evergreen shrub is a member of the Acanthaceae family.
2. The common names refer to the plant as a yellow crustacean, a yellow source of light, and a candy.
3. There's at least a couple of scientific names that this plant goes by.

Good luck!

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Leslie and Karen are just amazing. Once again they've figured out last week's shrub. It was Lespedeza thunbergii, Pink Bush Clover. Woo hoo!

Your clues for this week:

1. This tree is native to China and often seen around Buddhist temples.
2. It's an evergreen tree.
3. The most distinctive part about this tree is the colored peeling bark, unusual for the genus.
4. It's somewhere on my site already.

Good luck!

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Last week's tree was Argania spinosa, the Argan tree. Congrats to Leslie and Karen. As Karen mentioned, they've created a reserve where these trees can grow, protected from harvesting and climbing goats. They export the oil to help support it all. Such a neat tree.

Your clues for this week:

1. This shrub is a member of the Fabaceae (Legume) family.
2. Some classify it as a subshrub.
3. The common name will remind you of another member of the Fabaceae family, which is found in many lawns. I used to collect the flowers to make chains when I was a little girl.

Good luck!

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Backyard Wisdom, Leslie and Karen named last week's tree correctly - it's the white pine, Pinus strobus. It is the state "flower" of Maine, though it produces no true flowers.

I was watching Food Network last week - Iron Chef America, to be exact. They showed one of the chefs using an oil that I had never heard about before. The host helpfully explained that in a certain part of the world, goats climbed up this one tree to eat the fruit. They would spit out the pits on the ground. Locals would come and gather the pits, which were made into this special oil.

Name the tree this oil comes from.

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