Saplings (??) going berserk in drought

[Dawn Redwood]

I have dozens of these popping up when everything else is dying back in the drought. they look like saplings, but are they?

 

Thanks for your help!!

[Cheesy pete]

do you have a larger false acacia in your garden ?

if so there likely sprouting from the root system of that tree  !

you wouldn't normally see these as you would be cutting them off when you cut the grass  as your not cutting they continue to grow

[Dawn Redwood]

They are in the root area of what I thought was a goat willow. Is that the same as a false acacia?

[Cheesy pete]

no there not the same 

[sandspider]

Looks like robinia pseudoacacia to me too. Also known as black locust.

[Dawn Redwood]

Here's the goat willow in the background with the saplings in the foreground. The goat willow has alternate leaves while the sapling leaves are opposing. So definitely not the same.

[Mick Dempsey]

There’s a robinia around somewhere, possibly recently cut down.

 

The form on that tree is unlike most GWs I’ve seen.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 20, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[Gary Prentice]

Not that unusual a form for a maturing GW around here, we’ve thousands of them on waste ground everywhere.

[Mick Dempsey]

6 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Not that unusual a form for a maturing GW around here, we’ve thousands of them on waste ground everywhere.

Fair enough, those are Robinia suckers though.

[benedmonds]

I have exactly the same in my garden. The interesting thing to me is the tree was only about 3m tall and in poor condition. It was felled last year, the suckers are 10-15 m from the tree and vigorous as anything..