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Cantaloupe

Photo by ccb450
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Field Notes

Description:

Vine with heart shaped leaves and yellow blooms

Habitat:

Compost pile

Notes:

This spouted up in our compost pile and was wondering what it could be. Perhaps squash?

Species ID Suggestions

cucumber

Cucumis sativus

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Comments (2)
ccb450
It actually ended up being cantaloupe! That was a shocker!
Nicholas4
I said cucumber because of the flower size. The squash would have flowers that would be really large in comparison to Cucumber.. Nick
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011

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