fruiting panicle, smooth sumac

fruiting panicle, smooth sumac

12 cm long. Branches mostly strictly ascending. 2 m dioecious patch-forming tree. Border thicket with...

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fruiting panicle, smooth sumac

fruiting panicle, smooth sumac

Dry 4.5 mm short-pediceled fruits borne on persistent five-lobed calyces. Canton, MA 1/24/12

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detached fruits, smooth sumac

detached fruits, smooth sumac

Often-wrinkled papery skins covered with vermilion scurf. Canton, MA 1/24/12

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crushed one-seeded fruits, smooth sumac

crushed one-seeded fruits, smooth sumac

Bean-shaped 3 mm seeds loose in two-layered coat including papery brown outer skin often dark-veined on...

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1st year twigs, smooth sumac

1st year twigs, smooth sumac

Mostly 8-10 mm diam. Blunt conical buds covered with blond hairs. Canton, MA 1/24/12

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1st year twig cut after two days in water at room temp

1st year twig cut after two days in water at room temp

Pith broad and brownish. Pale yellow milky sap dries yellow and tacky. Canton, MA 1/24/12

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cut panicle base (above) and twig below panicle (below)

cut panicle base (above) and twig below panicle (below)

Reproductive 1st year twigs die back from female panicles or male panicle stubs. Canton, MA 1/24/12

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adventive roots erupted from base of cut stem, rusty willow

adventive roots erupted from base of cut stem, rusty willow

After a month in water at room temp. Collected from wet meadow just S of Canton Avenue, Blue Hills Reservation, Milton, MA 12/26/11

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adventive roots erupted from base of cut stem, rusty willow

adventive roots erupted from base of cut stem, rusty willow

As if forming a root crown. Buds, in contrast, not at all expanded. Milton, MA 1/25/12

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split trunk, threadleaf sawara cypress

split trunk, threadleaf sawara cypress

Ornamental evergreen tree introduced from Japan. Planted beside foundation, Milton, MA 1/20/12

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pendant branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

pendant branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

Var. filifera with elongate drooping twigs. Milton, MA 1/20/12

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5th year twig with 4th year branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

5th year twig with 4th year branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

Decussate scale-like leaves turn straw-colored in 4tyh year. Milton, MA 1/20/12

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upper side flattened branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

upper side flattened branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

Appressed leaves ovate, sharp-tipped, with pale longitudinal glands. Milton, MA 1/20/12

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underside flattened branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

underside flattened branch, threadleaf sawara cypress

Leaves on branch undersides with pale waxy bloom on lower margins that disappears by third year. Milton, MA 1/20/12

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fruiting twigs, threadleaf sawara cypress

fruiting twigs, threadleaf sawara cypress

Pale red brown woody cones mature in 1st year. Specific epithet evidently refers to pea-like immature cones. Milton, MA 1/20/12

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empty cones, threadleaf sawara cypress

empty cones, threadleaf sawara cypress

Female cones 7 mm, 6 mm wide, with 8-10 woody projecting peltate scales with depressed transversely folded...

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winged seeds, threadleaf sawara cypress

winged seeds, threadleaf sawara cypress

Fell out of cones on sampled twig. Embryos with longitudinal blister-like glands. Most cultivars are...

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chayote squash

chayote squash

Summer squash with a single flat-elliptic seed. Domesticated in Mexico. Documented introduced in Hawaii,...

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