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ChickenLittleCocoa Cocoa, FL May 28, 2018

My neighbor cut back a bunch of scrub oaks, pepper trees and maples. These things were all over the branches of (I believe) the oaks...anyone know what this is? From Florida, zone 9b

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TomH3787 Raleigh, NC(Zone 7b) May 28, 2018

Some type of bottlebrush (Callistemon sp.)

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ChickenLittleCocoa Cocoa, FL May 29, 2018

You're right, it does look like bottle brush. But I think it's something different... It's growing on the oak trees, like some kind of insect nest or growth?

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TomH3787 Raleigh, NC(Zone 7b) May 29, 2018

None of the foliage in your pictures looks like an oak tree. The round growths on the branches are the bottlebrush's old seed pods.

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ChickenLittleCocoa Cocoa, FL May 31, 2018

I went back out and looked at the tree it came from, it is a paperbark tree and these are the seeds. https://brisbanetrees.com.au/broad-leaved-paperbark/
Thanks for your time in answering my question! I always thought these were something made by hornets.

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