Seed Pod Invasion!! What are These?

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GoggleboxUK

Seed Pod Invasion!! What are These?

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My local area has had a ridiculous amount of these seed pod thingummies, so much so that it is like Atumn arrived early. I literally swept up half a bin bag full from my front yard this morning and they are everywhere. I went to the supermarket a mile away and walked over them all the way there as if they were a carpet.

Can anyone ID them and explain why there is an unsually high amount of them?

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flounder

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All guess work for me, image won't open
GoggleboxUK

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flounder wrote:All guess work for me, image won't open
Odd, have you tried regreshing the page?
flounder

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Tried refreshing and opening in new window. Gives the address of imageshack but that's all
Springy

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I'm not sure on their size from the picture but could it be silver birch seeds?! icon_scratch

Failing that, a tree that has catkins on it in your area?!
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Wych Elm Ulmus glabra seeds. They ripen at this time of year.
flounder

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Conifers wrote:Wych Elm Ulmus glabra seeds. They ripen at this time of year.
Yes of course it is.....I still can't see it! :D
Mr List

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they are all over here too
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Mr List wrote:they are all over here too
Must be a very big tree then :lol:
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GoggleboxUK

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They must be floating in on a warm breeze from somewhere because there are no local Elms in this area. Very odd.

Thanks for the ID ;)
callin

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Post by callin »

How big are they, I can not telll from the picture.
Look like Paulownia seeds, but the seed in the middle is rounder than paulownias that are longer.
It is possible to be from seeding UK paulownia tree?
seeds can travel long distances by air
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kata

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Post by kata »

Must be a very big tree then
Am peeved, I have none.... :lol: :lol: :lol:
Kristen

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Post by Kristen »

It does look like Paulownia, but could be Lily perhaps? (although the ones I have seen are bigger than that, but the same "paper disc" with a seed at the centre)
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