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Legume identification

 
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Got this unknown tree for free at a nursery this past weekend, can anyone identify it?

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Got this unknown tree for free at a nursery
Got this unknown tree for free at a nursery
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can anyone identify it?
can anyone identify it?
 
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Looks to me a Golden Chain Tree (not Golden Rain), Laburnum. There's a couple species, I've normally seen the hybrid cultivar 'Vossi' available commercially.

Decent ornamental, pretty when in bloom (yellow flowers in May) but not a whole lot beyond that besides being a legume.
 
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Yep, that's it some kind of labornum, and it appears to be poisonous, too bad, ill end up throwing it off in some corner away from any foraging chickens. Thanks for the help!
 
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