Pennsylvania Milk Weed Pods
Opened Mature Milkweed Pod Exposing Seeds Attached to Silky Transporters
Close-up photo of an opened and mature milkweed pod. Milkweed grows in many areas including Pennsylvania. The silky "wings" help the seeds become airborne for reproduction in other areas.
Published by Rue Cooper
Rue Cooper is a free lance writer living in Pennsylvania. She watches a lot of television shows and old comedy movies. She is interested in homeschooling, religions, biography, science, history, world cultu... View profile
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What a Beautiful Picture of God's Beauty! Thanks for Posting!
I remember feeling these silken inners of this seedpod as a child! Nice photo!
Very poetic picture Rue, thanks:0)
Awesome
Rue - I have never seen one up close and personal before :) thanks for sharing, cheers ;)
I recall these growing in fields and vacant lots in and around Boston as a boy. We loved to find them part-way open and blow them everywhere! Thanks for the visual memories :-}