Sophora japonica - Japanese Pagoda Tree

also known as Chinese Scholar Tree




Seed pods (legumes) resemble a string of pearls.

Gleditsia triacanthos inermis - Thornless Honey Locust

Cultivar 'Sunburst' has yellow foliage.
Leaves pinnately or bipinnately compound.

Albizia julibrissin - Silk Tree

See also this video of the leaves displaying thigmonasty (touch-induced movement).

Laburnum x watereri - Golden Chain Tree

Cultivated hybrid between L. anagyroides and L. alpinum.

Moderate growth rate up to 30' tall with a 20' spread. Bark is smooth and greenish-gray, becoming more grey with age.
Yellow flowers hang down in racemes, like wisteria.
Flattened dull brown legume seed pods with small, black, hard-shelled seeds are sparsely set. Leaves are palmately compound, with oval leaflets.

Acacia baileyana - Bailey Acacia

Acacia baileyana: Acacia, Greek name for one species of acacia; baileyana, named for one of four botanists named Bailey -- not sure which.

A.b. 'Purpurea' has leaves with a purplish cast.

Bipinnately compound leaves are much smaller than A. dealbata, A. longifolia, or A. melanoxylon.
Yellow flowers in round clusters of stamens, similar to A. dealbata and A. melanoxylon. Compare to A. longifolia's longer flower clusters.
Pea-like seed pods typical of Fabaceae.

Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud

Acacia longifolia - Sydney Golden Wattle

Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwood Acacia

Ceratonia siliqua - Carob

Acacia dealbata - Silver Wattle