Hooked — Stock Photo, Image

Hooked — Photo

A solitary unopened milkweed pod stands alone in the prairie. Caught on its outer shell thorns are the white silky hairs of another milkweed flower's leathery seed.

 — Photo by mtruchon

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A silky seed of a milkweek clings its outside shell. The last pod on the stalk stands out against the browned autumn meadow.
Silky Seed Milkweek Clings Its Shell Last Pod Stalk Stands — Stock Photo, Image
The silky seeds of a milkweed flower explode from its pod. The seeds now wait for a gentle wind to blow them into the prairie.
Silky Seeds Milkweed Flower Explode Its Pod Seeds Now Wait — Stock Photo, Image
Slowly unzipping, a milkweed pod opens its seeds to the prairie. The seeds, with their leathery pouch and silky hair, line themselves inside the pod ready to float into the meadow.
Unzipped — Stock Photo, Image
A lone seeding thistle leans sideways in an open prairie. It's seeds emerge from the top ready to blow away in the wind.
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As an aster changes to it autumn colors, a single seed prepares to depart the flower's receptacle. The aster's remaining seeds still gather together like the bristles of a broom.
Flight Preparation — Stock Photo, Image
A slender single branch holds hundreds the star shaped Joe Pye weed seeds. Patiently, the fluffy seeds await a gentle breeze to set them flying free into the nearby thickets and marshes.
Fluffy Stars — Stock Photo, Image
The now woody thorny spikes of a thistle flower wrap around its slender stem to help protect the seeding flower. The solitary flower, with it own spines, slowly releases its seeds to the open prairie.
Thorny Wrap — Stock Photo, Image
A single aster seed lays itself on a drying aster's petals. The seed waits to take flight into the prairie with the help of a gentle breeze.
Aster Seed — Stock Photo, Image
To protect its seeds, a woody umbel of a queen anne's lace forms a nest around its drying fluffy embryos. The queen annes lace is surrounded by orchard grass and another wild carrot in the open meadow.
Prairie Nest — Stock Photo, Image
A seeding thistle stands upright in an open prairie with a fly climbing up one of this thorny spikes.
Seeding Thistle Stands Upright Open Prairie Fly Climbing One Thorny — Stock Photo, Image
Like fire that shoots out from the open jaws of a dragon, a milkweed bugs climbs out from under the shell of a milkweed.
Open Jaws — Stock Photo, Image
All that remains is the empty shell of a cicada. The shell still hangs precariously from a leaf.
All Remains Empty Shell Cicada Shell Still Hangs Precariously Leaf — Stock Photo, Image
The final fluffy seedlings of a dandelion prepare to be blow away in the next gust of wind. the flower, weathered and wilted, is still home for these remaining seeds
Leaving Home — Stock Photo, Image
Jack in the pulpit sprouts open from the leaf covered forest floor. green and purple leaves provide a striking contrast to a leafy brown woodland carpet
Jack in the pulpit sprouts open — Stock Photo, Image
One lotus stands out among the colony. Flower is surrounded by others with autumn trees and blue sky background.
One Lotus Stands Out Colony Flower Surrounded Others Autumn Trees — Stock Photo, Image

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