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Maple seed

 

The distinctive fruits of the seeds are called samaras , "maple keys", "helicopters", "whirlybirds" or "polynoses". These seeds occur in distinctive pairs each containing one seed enclosed in a "nutlet" attached to a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue. They are shaped to spin as they fall and to carry the seeds a considerable distance on the wind.

 

(Tilt your head to the right and you will see the trees of a forest in Autumn.)

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Uploaded on October 22, 2018
Taken on October 21, 2018