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What is this evil plant? (pxlfdde.fsn1.your-objectstorage.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/whatisthisthing

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This plant assaulted me with prickly spores. I think the other spores might be related. Zone 6b

https://pxlfdde.fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/public/m/_v2/791175513466675946/758e75a50-ddd61a/yZUZBfe1uPud/1PEk8Vd0XguzHAu7FMgYkvznUMPEIAzntlHLzmBC.jpg

https://pxlfdde.fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/public/m/_v2/791175513466675946/758e75a50-ddd61a/9pd7deRHQm8f/K8kaJ6vvv2iRpXXXymtXIIazcx2YIEewRsZcYOTr.jpg

https://pxlfdde.fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/public/m/_v2/791175513466675946/758e75a50-ddd61a/U4oC0LlC2wpm/xrssZcDgVvrhosxS9eXmzlic4XWchOYGYfPeqVwD.jpg

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The second and third pictures look like an American sweetgum to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidambar_styraciflua

Seedpods from it:

When they're still on the tree and before they're all dried up, they're softer and green.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Makes sense