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Tree spiking of a birch in Sweden. Tree spiking involves hammering a metal rod, nail or other material into a tree trunk, either inserting it at the base of the trunk where a logger might be expected to cut into the tree, or higher up where it would affect the sawmill later processing the wood. Contact with the spike often damages saw blades ...
The tree produces spiky green fruits about the size of a golf ball, which turn brown and drop off the tree over an extended period beginning in fall and continuing over the winter.
Hersiliidae is a tropical and subtropical family of spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869, [1] which are commonly known as tree trunk spiders. They have two prominent spinnerets that are almost as long as their abdomen, earning them another nickname, the "two-tailed spiders". They range in size from 10 to 18 mm (0.4 to 0.7 in) long.
Gymnosporia buxifolia is a species of plant in the bittersweet family (Celastraceae) native to southern Africa. [2] It is commonly known as the pioneer spike-thorn or common spike-thorn . [ 3 ] It ranges from Angola and Mozambique to South Africa .
Gymnosporia heterophylla, the common spike-thorn, is a small, hardy, deciduous African tree up to 5m tall, occurring in rocky places with a wide distribution from Ethiopia, the Sudan and the Congo, south to the Cape Province and west to Angola and Namibia, as well as the neighbouring islands of Madagascar and Saint Helena, with a closely related species from Mauritius.
The largest specimen known is at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio, 22 m tall and 2.2 m trunk diameter; the tallest known is a slender tree 27 m tall but only 0.55 m trunk diameter, at Plott Cove Research Natural Area, Georgia (Spongberg & Ma 1997; Eastern Native Trees Society). Plants from Alabama have the leaves more densely hairy ...
Strychnos nux-vomica is a medium-sized tree with a potential height of 20 metres (66 feet). [4] Its trunk is short and thick. The wood is dense, hard, white, and close-grained. The branches are irregular and are covered with a smooth ashen bark. The young shoots are a deep green colour with a shiny coat.
Here are some of the mot common bug, insect and spider bites you might be dealing with — and insect bite pictures to help you figure out what type of creature is responsible. Tick bites