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Buttonwood Sycamore Tree Seed

| Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 10:44 AM



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I found some little hairy seeds on the ground today, and I decided to see what the hairs look like up close.

According the “Seed Dispersal” book I found in Project Gutenburg , the seeds are from a Buttonwood Sycamore Tree.  Here is the identification image from the book:

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Buttonwood Sycamore Seed, from Seed Dispersal, by William J. Beal (found in Project Gutenburg). The seeds form in a puffball fruit, that when is ready sends the seeds flying all over. The hairs around the seeds help the seeds to travel further by wind dispersal.
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Here is a picture of the seeds that I found.

Now lets take a closer look:

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The microstructures of the seed’s hairs remind me a little bit of bamboo.



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Type of Sample
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Foldscope Lens Magnification
140x

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