Creeping Fig
Ficus Pumila
30.3322, -81.6556
Field Notes
Description:
I found a weird pod-like fruity thing on the ground. When I looked up, all I could see were a tree and what seemed to be a parasitic vine. I supposed the fruit body came from the vine because oak trees, last time I checked, do not produce green fruity things. I took a picture of what looked sort of like one up in the vines but it was too far to see
clinging vines with aerial rootlets along the stem
On second examination, I discovered that rather than being a fruit, the pod is a flower. Look at the cross section. The pink part is the anther/ ovary and the white closest to the end/ flat part is actually a group of petals.
Habitat:
I think that's an oak tree
Notes:
http://procezzed.blogspot.com/2012/02/post-from-2212012-i-found-weird-p…
Identified through a bit of navigation on the internet and the incredible help of florida33girl. http://www.projectnoah.org/users/florida33girl
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