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Hamamelis virginiana
Spent flowers and open seed capsule.
Bush growing on east-facing slope above lake.
Seed capsule opens explosively to disperse seeds. This occurs in October-November at approximately the same time as the flowers open. In late spring, the new seed capsules will begin to develop from fertilized flowers. On same plant as observation of flowers… http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/190...
Spotted on Mar 6, 2017
Submitted on Mar 14, 2017
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