Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Maryland Bigleaf Magnolia Discoveries, 1 by claypa

claypa wrote:
I sure tried, but no. I was on my hands and knees for half an hour looking. I found hundreds of little whitish berries with roots growing out of them... I kept looking up at the trees for a clue what they were. Ash, Beeches, Oaks, Elms, Tulip P- I mean Liriodendron... nope, none of those... I had a handful of these little things and I realized they were Poison Ivy berries. Oops. And duh.
I was staking out some Magnolia virginiana all summer for the seeds, and some critter beat me to those, too.
The yellow leaves on the left in this pic are Poison Ivy. This is the top of the tree: