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I do believe this is some part of a tree, but I honestly don't know what this strange object is or what this does either, Please help !!

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Comments (7)
auntnance123
The ashy color is typical of a dug up and dried rhizome. There are an great number of species: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=smila2. Learned this : sasparilla is a smilax concoction.
JarréttTaylor
It very well could be that They are everywhere here. But my brother said he had found it out front by an old Oak tree and he said he didn't find it underground either
auntnance123
Looks like an old smilax tuber. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/70241/
Mark Ridgway
Not cocoon! It's definitely some part of a plant. Does it seem woody? Or stony? Can you scratch anything off of it? Do you remember where/how you found it? Maybe you could cut it open - that might help enormously for an ID.
JarréttTaylor
I don't think it could be, it is very large and I have had this mysterious object for a few years now
Seema
Really interesting...could be a cocoon

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PublishedMarch 4, 2012

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