In Texas, they are listed as an invasive species (they take over where
ever there is lots of water and shade everything else out, then their
many many seeds float down the watershed and start all over
again)...so we try to cut them down and plant something else.

Here's a Pacific Islands Ecosystem at Risk site:
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/triadica_sebifera.htm

Here's an excerpt from USDA:

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Noxious Weed Information:
Triadica sebifera (L.) Small
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One or more synonyms of this plant are listed as noxious weeds by the
U. S. federal government or a state, and may be known by various
common names in different places. Listed synonyms are italicized and
indented below. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed
list for that location. Florida:
Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.
Chinese tallow tree Noxious weed
Louisiana:
Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.
Chinese tallow tree Noxious weed
Texas:
Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.
Chinese tallow tree Noxious plant

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source:
http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant...i?symbol=TRSE6
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Note it has two scientific names btw...

Not trying to be a party pooper, but I've personally seen it colonize
half-acres from Lake Travis in Austin to west Galveston Island and
everywhere in between...so I pipe up on the occassion someone says
something good about it...and just about any plant that is red in
color will draw hummers - I have a potted 7' Japanese Red Maple that
routinely has differing pairs of hummers fighting over it even though
it has not a single flower!

John


"junkyardcat" wrote in message
...
I have a stray Chinese Tallow tree growing too close to the house. I
love
the 2 trees that are further out on my property, and would like to
transplant this one farther out if possible. Anybody ever dug one up
and
transplanted it? Sure hate to just cut it down, because for some
reason,
hummingbirds are crazy about these trees, and they make good little
shade
trees too

Angie