One of the stop's during Davis' Ride of Silence was close to a carob (Ceratonia siliqua) tree I know of. I noticed some dropped branches on the street nearby and picked them up.
Carob is cauliflorous & ramiflourous - its racemes of flowers bloom directly from its trunk and branches. @plantscience@gardening
Botanists analyze the role of pollinators in the evolution of flowers with various sexual forms
Botanists explore Darwin's theory on precise pollination in flowering plants. Their study reveals correlations between heterostyly, floral traits, and pollinators, supporting Darwin's hypothesis. This macroevolutionary analysis sheds new light on the role of ecology in plant reproductive mechanisms.
When left to its own devices, #carob tends to grow as a many-trunked tree or a very tall bush. The street tree examples I've seen tend to be pruned to be single trunk.
But occasionally I see carob volunteers that unknowing folks prune into hedge shapes. This is growing right next to its tall street tree parent.
anyone know of a plant identification app that actually works in the spring when the leaves aren’t full adult size? seek isn’t cutting it #hiking#botany#nature#camping
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hello there, i'm antares! i like linguistics (can speak english, russian and spanish), music (i play guitar) and fixing things (mainly finding ways to use old tech and sewing). i've never been a big poster, but spent a lot of good time lurking in #tolkien and #danmei fandoms
things that i'm also into: #solarpunk#foss#astronomy#botany#hiking#theatre
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