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1,290 Views | 8 Replies | Last: 7 yr ago by toolshed
BradC34
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Is there a proper term for the piles of tree pollen (or whatever it is) filling up the gutters in BCS at the moment?

I ask because I spotted a pile that was smoldering and smoking so I stopped to pour some water on it and stomp it out. I want to know the right term for when I'm patting myself on the back.
Apache
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It's not the pollen you are seeing, it is called a catkin - The worm looking flower cluster of oaks, willows, hickory/pecan, etc. The pollen is the yellow crap released from those catkins all over my truck right now.

There are also female flowers on oaks but they are small - right at where the leaf buds off from the stems. That's where the acorns will form.
bam02
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Good job, catkin-pile-fire-stomper-outer.
BradC34
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Thanks for the answers and, as a native of the Panhandle, I know what smoldering anything can turn into on a windy day. Just wanted to do my part to save the world.
bam02
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I learned something new, too. I always thought that stuff was the pollen, too. Just thought it dried out and broke down into the powder that has me driving a lime green car lately.
aftershock
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bam02 said:

Good job, catkin-pile-fire-stomper-outer.


Were you meaning to sound like a Real Men of Genius commercial? Because I definitely read it that way.
rilloaggie
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As a fellow former panhandler I take solace in knowing that there are others like me that find things like trees and large bodies of water confounding!
carpe vinum
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This is some fine internetting fellas. Good job.
ttha_aggie_09
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Glad I'm not the only one
toolshed
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Alls I remember is pistil and stamen...always got a giggle out of that during plant biology for some reason!
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