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Lampazo (Arctium minus)Observ.
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Destroyer of sweaters.
The last photo is of a seedling, derived from the plants pictured, photographed a couple of months later.
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Biznaga Tonel Mancacaballo (Homalocephala texensis)Observ.
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With developing fruit.
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Quercus palustris × rubra, growing with both parent species, which are common at this location.
The last three photos are of fruit from (1) Q. palustris, (2) hybrid, and (3) Q. rubra at this site.
My thanks to Albert Garofalo for showing me this woodland.
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Enormous tree for this species, perhaps 60ft tall and 2ft DBH. If it hadn't been flowering, from a distance I might have thought it was an old oak. Last year's infructescence collected off the ground beneath the tree.
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Growing in a very dry, frequently mowed roadside lawn.
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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)Observ.
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Germinating as weeds in garden beds and sometimes lawns, usually persisting for up to a couple of years, until they get weeded or mowed out of existence.
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Old, cultivated tree, possibly planted over a century ago (as were many of the plantings in this area of the arboretum). Trunk and bark photos (last five) from February 2018.
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My thanks to Heather Schibli and Zack Harris for accompanying me to this site.
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Quercus phellosObserv.
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Naturally occurring tree in a small woodland remnant.
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Sida ulmifoliaObserv.
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Leaves abaxially glabrous, pedicels short.