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Menacing Eye Of The Cat's Claw

Two and a half inches tuber on a root of the prolific cat claw vine in my backyard garden in Tucson, Arizona, Southwestern USA.

I positioned my camera so you can see through the hole in the root.

 

This patch was overgrown and is being cleared for a vegetable and flower garden. The minute I saw this tuber, I knew I had my Macro Mondays theme shot for the week ending today.

 

Never plant this invasive vine in the ground!!! It is a menace, an invasive pest. The previous owners had planted it on the sleepy garden walls and one side of the house. It's been quite a struggle to begin to get rid of it.

 

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Uploaded on May 9, 2017
Taken on May 8, 2017