“Do not be afraid to go out on a limb – that’s where the fruit is.”

Anonymous 

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Seeds, pods, cones

       
Sweetgum seed capsules, Bakersfield, California Catalpa legumes, 8 -10 inches long, October, South Dallas, TX Large pods of the Flamboyant tree, about 14 inches / 195 cm long - Chapala, Mexico Sycamore drupes - Coppell, Texas in January
Bigleaf Maple keys, Yosemite National Forest, California Daphne seeds overlapping and layered perfectly, pods about 9 inches long - Guadalahara, Mexico Sycamore drupe, January, Coppell, TX Jacaranda seed pods, about 2 inches across - Chapala, Mexico
Ash keys, early March in Coppell, Texas American Elm fruit/keys in dappled sunlight, Coppell, TX mid-March American Elm, early March, Coppell, TX Laurel, San Francisco, California
Lodgepole Pine, eastern Wyoming - Cones are technically the conifers’ fruit. Port Orford Cedar cone spray, ornamental, Kingston, Ontario Ponderosa Pine cone, highway rest stop at a western Oklahoma / Kansas border Longleaf Pine cones, North Carolina
Cypress in December, Lewisville, Texas Mexican Pine cone about 8 inches long, southwest Mexico Spruce and Fir cones, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, ON Canada Douglas Fir cones, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada
Spruce cones - Kingston, Ontario Mexican Pine cone sillhouette, Sierra Madres Mountains, Mexico Pinyon cone, Grand Canyon, Arizona Monterey Cypress, north of San Francisco, California