Fresh seed pod on ? tree.
PHALL PHOTO 2013
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Okay, now we have the name-the-tree challenge:>) Found in Tacoma, WA 4 days ago.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh
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July 19, 2013 at 3:48 pm
oak?
July 19, 2013 at 6:57 pm
It appears to be a bloom-cluster of some sort…I don’t believe that it is Oak, the leaves roughly resemble an ornamental-Maple…I couldn’t find a match on search results…I’ll submit to a botanists… PHALL PHOTO 2013 (Fall Photo 😉 ) Do you have a wider shot? Are we sure it is not another type of plant…in a tree?
July 19, 2013 at 7:02 pm
I think it is a maple. No, it was a close up only. No, not 2 dif plants. Next.
July 19, 2013 at 7:17 pm
I believe that I have found another one… Yet it’s identity shall not be revealed just now…
July 19, 2013 at 7:24 pm
BINGO! Sweetgum (Liquidambar) …your serve…
July 19, 2013 at 7:52 pm
Cool, is that 100%?
July 19, 2013 at 10:48 pm
I cant tell if that’s one or two ‘fruits’ in your image…everything else points to yes (99.959%) 😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidambar_styraciflua
A popular ornamental tree in temperate climates, it is recognizable by the combination of its five-pointed star-shaped leaves and its hard, spiked fruits. It is currently classified in the plant family Altingiaceae, but was formerly considered a member of the Hamamelidaceae.[4]
July 19, 2013 at 11:56 pm
I’ll go look, I just thought that it wasn’t warm enough here for kind of tree…shows what I know.
July 19, 2013 at 11:59 pm
These are not round, so I’m still not sure. They are elongated.
July 19, 2013 at 7:38 pm
Awesomely vibrant green!
July 19, 2013 at 7:51 pm
That is what caught my eye…that green! I felt this strange feeling in my stomach when I saw that new growth inside all that green.
Thanks for stopping in, enjoy your visit.
Patti
I keep thinking of the worlds you created in your story:>)
July 20, 2013 at 6:58 am
Very cool! Those worlds are the future stories, so more to come… 🙂
July 20, 2013 at 12:35 am
Sweet Gum?
Ellespeth
July 20, 2013 at 12:54 am
That’s what malikoma says, but it is elongated, not round…the mystery continues:>)
July 20, 2013 at 12:36 am
Came back to add a **hug**
Ellespeth
July 20, 2013 at 10:54 am
Wow, whatever it’s called it’s beautiful! Ah me, ‘What’s in a name? A tree by any other could be as green…’
July 20, 2013 at 11:40 am
Very neat. I’ve never seen that before. Sweetgum? Nothing like that in Arizona!
July 20, 2013 at 4:15 pm
That is what everyone guesses, but it is elongated, not round, so….????
July 20, 2013 at 9:35 pm
Everything else seems to point to yes, for Sweetgum…
“This is the page featuring a single species. Photographs are presented per individual to make it possible to asses how much variation is possible between individuals within the species.
All photographs of Sweetgum or Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum)
For determination details go to the main-key and the all species page. Recognizing trees of this species is not hard”
“Sweetgum of Amberboom of Liquidambar styraciflua. See also here and here. This tree looks like a Maple, but has fruit like a planetree. Is American inin origin but is planted in Holland. ”
You have the 5-point serrated leaves, with a lobe about midway of the leaf spar, the fruits are identical, sans the degree of the lack of elongation represented on most other images. I think the image above, is a little less round. The location is within the temperate climate zone…the lower range of climate zone, and any number of factors may be responsible for the difference of this specimen from those of the other more common areas of habitation.
As you recall, do the other related images depict the bark, and stature of this tree?
July 20, 2013 at 9:38 pm
Don’t recall. Thanks for the research..all votes in…sweetgum!
July 21, 2013 at 7:27 am
Douglas Spirea, my twitter friend.
July 21, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Thank you!
July 21, 2013 at 2:51 pm
I looked that up and as far as I can tell, the spirea is a plant, not a tree. We have those at the end of bloom here. They are everywhere and last a long time in a vase:>)
We are all stumped because it looks like the seed pod/fruit of a sweet gum tree, but is elongated not round. I’m going back to that tree Tuesday and will investigate this mystery further.
Patti AND thanks for the tweet!!!!!!
July 21, 2013 at 11:58 pm
If you can and will please…get a shot of the whole tree, and a close-up, maybe macro…of the trunk… Thank you!
July 22, 2013 at 12:14 am
i shall try….