Spikey

On some other trees in the courtyard of the building there's no leaves but these spikey pods.




(If you have any idea what these trees are named, please leave a comment. I'm not as much of a tree expert as I would like.)


UPDATE: I have been led to believe these may be from a sweet gum tree. Quite possible.
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  1. Ray Palm (Ray X)Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 1:25:00 PM PST

    Sorry, I can't ID the tree for you but...

    Wasn't Google or one of the other search engines working on an image search program that would use the outline or silohouette of an image to match it up with a similar object? The spikey pod would be a good test for it.

    Ray

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  2. DougSaturday, March 8, 2008 at 10:28:00 PM PST

    It looks like it may be a sweet gum tree, but that was from a comment left on the aminus3 posting, not from any image searching application.

    I admit I was not aware of such a thing (although the amount of things I don't know about is a considerable number, alas); I do wonder how it could do that. (But I don't doubt it's possible.)

    Thanks for the suggestion, Ray.

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  3. AnonymousWednesday, March 12, 2008 at 11:32:00 AM PDT

    Doug, Let me know if you find what that tree is, I have one outside my office. Those little spikey things kind of look like nature's earrings. -Ed

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  4. ben mhacklhinThursday, September 18, 2008 at 5:13:00 PM PDT

    i think its a chestnut tree
    ???????

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