Name That Plant...if you can
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sonar
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Are these pictures off the internet or did you take them yourself? The 2nd to last one looks like it was taken on the Penn State campus. The building and landscaping looks eerily familiar.
RIPLouDogg
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How 'bout this one. Its one of my favorites
dannyboy602
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yes...i had to look that one up...i've used it indoors for interiorscaping...can be got from home depot.
i took these at the property i work at now. it's in malvern. there are a lot of cool native and non native things here.
a new plant for me bro...don't keep me hangin...what's it???
RIPLouDogg
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Its called Metrosideros polymorpha. Its a flowering plant endemic to my great state of Hawai'i! In Hawaiian we call it Ohia Lehua.
Also, its the main food source to one of my favorite birds, the I'iwi (the 'w' is pronounced as a 'v'), also known as a Hawaiian Honeycreeper:
808dank
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You could have chosen something a little more difficult, just had to pick on the people that don't live in Hawaii eh! Maybe a yellow or orange one to throw us off next time
PIPBoy2000
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That bird is majestic.
cindysid
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a type of false aralia
dannyboy602
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yeah that's what SHE said...lolz
dannyboy602
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this is not a plant per se. i occasionally get asked if it is a sign of dead wood. or if it is a disease of some sort. it is a sign of non polluted air. it doesn't grow in cities for the most part cuz it won't tolerate pollution. it fixes it's own nitrogen and grows as an epiphyte on plants, walls, rocks and old wooden fences. i'm sure you've all seen it. so what is it? it grows in beautiful patterns and the colors are light grey greens. if you see it growing on your plants let it be. it harms nothing. and it's kinda cool. i got a pic somewhere of a garden bench covered with this stuff. every square inch.
PIPBoy2000
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Lichen! Don't know which one, tho'.
ipeeinpools
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Found this one while up at the cabin, thought I'd be a fun one for you guys.
PIPBoy2000
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Chleome - Spider flower - skunky weird look-a-like.
dannyboy602
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did anyone catch the galleries created by mining insects?
here's a plant mostly anyone throughout the country can grow although i see it more in the east and definetly in the southeast. i only have one on this propety. i really like seeing them planted in masses and in various colors. they come in white, pink, dark pink and a kind of fuschia. or crimson.
should be an ez one for you pip.
dannyboy602
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nope. callicarpa americana is a waist high native. uninteresting flowers with clusters of purple fruits in fall. if you're on the east coast it'll be in fruit about september and october. this plant...another hint...has exfoliating bark, alternate leaves, is almost overused in the south. i saw it a lot in colonial williamsburg. it's a very common landscape plant. it can grow to 8 or 9 feet. more commonly it's half that size. you know it ...wait lemme get a c+p pic...here's a pic of it's form. should be easier now. oh shit...it has a label on the pic...try not to look
