Does anyone know what this plant is?

[OnionPatch]

It's the only one on my lot that I don't know. It was here when we bought the place. It's evergreen, likes being in the shade and has never been watered, which is amazing for inland southern California. I don't think it's a native, I've not seen any in the wild around here, only in people's yards. I'd love to find some more of these in a nursery or somewhere so I can create a screen on a shady property line where I have no irrigation (and a creepy neighbor, lol).



Closer up with my hand for perspective:


Anyone?

[XemaSab]

1. What does the fruit/seed look like, what's the flower like

and does it have a smell?

[OnionPatch]

5. I've never seen a seed, berry or flower on this shrub.

If they have them, they're insignificant. I haven't smelled it but good idea! I'll do that today.

[damyank913]

2. Pretty sure it's not illegal...

...Try burning some and send me the smell...

[OnionPatch]

4. Lol!

I have better things to burn around here, thanks.

[JayhawkSD]

3. Looks like some form of Acacia

There are a couple dozen different specific cultivars, and nurseries will carry several of them.

[OnionPatch]

6. Yes, I thought so too.

The leaves are a little larger than the Acacia species I'm familiar with, though, so maybe not. If it's an Acacia, I'd like to know which one it is. If I buy another type, it might not have all the qualities this one has. Of course I can always read the label, lol. Still, this plant has a proven track record for this little niche of ecosystem that is my yard. I'd like to get the same type.

I wonder if I could take cuttings. Although I'd really like to get some more mature plants to start my screen/hedge.