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Tubular Break

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Well, not long before March 17, the seedpod finally broke off the young Honey Locust tree, exposing the internal strands.

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4/9/19 update: This young tree which I spent so much time with over years, was bulldozed out of existence while they laid new sewer pipe on this section of Rock Creek. I don’t blame them. It was closer to the pathway than many of the trees and had big thorns but I will miss stopping to closely examine its development throughout the years.

Tubular Update

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Well, it appears that as of January 21st, the tubular connection between seed pod and tree branch (Honey Locust Tree) is beginning to crack. I forgot to check, today, January 29, to see if it was still attached:

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Thorny

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I’m currently fascinated with the thorns found on young Honey Locust trees.

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From Wikipedia: ” In the past, the hard thorns of the younger trees were used as nails while the wood itself was used to fashion treenails for shipbuilding.”