I would be very grateful if you could help me identify this species - it is a small tree, with vari-coloured leaves all year round, growing in waste ground, and does seem to set quite a few seedlings. Photos attached.
Looks a lot like Homalanthus populifolius,a weedy Australian import.
Thank you very much John. I kept thinking 'poplar' because of the leaf shape...
Correct. This species (Queensland popular) is a locally common, bird dispersed naturalised tree north of Hamilton. It's quite common in the Kaipara.
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I would be very grateful if you could help me identify this species - it is a small tree, with vari-coloured leaves all year round, growing in waste ground, and does seem to set quite a few seedlings. Photos attached.