Probably Liquidambar styraciflua, American sweetgum. The world's best self-decorating tree. Latin name should be, Liquidambar marthastewartii. If I owned this little guy, I'd get out some silver and gold spray paint in December. Would be great fun, and photogenic. Now in the family, Altingiaceae, for those who care.

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Colin Purrington > Not sure what these were. But photogenic enough that I wanted to pick them up. But they had barbs, and removing them from my skin was hard. On the beach at Cancun, Mexico.

Colin Purrington > Probably Liquidambar styraciflua, American sweetgum. The world's best self-decorating tree. Latin name should be, Liquidambar marthastewartii. If I owned this little guy, I'd get out some silver and gold spray paint in December. Would be great fun, and photogenic. Now in the family, Altingiaceae, for those who care.

Colin Purrington > The hooks are regarded as a dispersal adaptation, but I think they can also function as a defense. Not sure whether this moth had bad intentions, but it might have met its demise when tarsi got tangled. This is the greater burdock, Arctium lappa. As for the moth, it's too decomposed for me to guess. Wing and antennae shape don't seem to match that of the Northern burdock borer (Papaipema arctivorens). But I'm positive it's not Metzneria lappella (a seed head pest) because they are much smaller and more elongate.

Colin Purrington > Pollinating Rapid Cycling Brassica.

Colin Purrington > Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) growing along banks of the Crum Creek, on the property of Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. Terrible invasive.

Colin Purrington > Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) leafing out in spring. Old vine is to the left, with adventitious roots. Plant has separate sexes, by the way.Skin reaction caused by urushiol.

Colin Purrington > Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) nestled in hollow of a beech tree (Fagus)

Colin Purrington > Slug eating nettles. Taken in the Crum Woods, Swarthmore College, PA.

Colin Purrington > White campion fruit, with denticidal seed capsule.

Colin Purrington > Hugging a bottle palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis). Should be on everyone's life list. Native to Mascarene Islands near Madagascar, so probably not feasible for most people. So go to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Colin Purrington > My cherry tree, now dead.

Colin Purrington > Smelling rose at Longwood Garden.

Colin Purrington > Fiddlehead at Longwood Gardens, with hand for scale.

Probably Liquidambar styraciflua, American sweetgum. The world's best self-decorating tree. Latin name should be, Liquidambar marthastewartii. If I owned this little guy, I'd get out some silver and gold spray paint in December. Would be great fun, and photogenic. Now in the family, Altingiaceae, for those who care.

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