Chasing Hawk

Here is another link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/bea...dromedea.shtml

Says that they are listed as a threatened in Michigan, as well as endangered in New York, Vermont and Wisconsin.

http://botany.org/Parasitic_Plants/P...andromedea.php

Apparently they are edible and have medicinal value. (DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.....RESEARCH, RESEARCH AND MORE RESEARCH).

A list of poisonous plants to pets:
http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/...ous_plants.pdf

zozee

Ew, ew, ew. I share your judgment of them as ugly. Like orange asparagus on steroids

TexasSunshine

I have never seen anything like that here in NE Texas and we have plenty of pine trees

Anniedeb

Thanks for sharing! I've never seen anything like that before, but I do think they are pretty!!

K-Roll

I like their form. I like plants / fungi / etc. that look like Dr. Seuss drawings.
I think they're beautiful too: easy for me to say, since I don't have them popping up everywhere

Jane Quilter

Ditto.....Jane

lindaschipper

We have pine trees planted in an L shape as wind breaks around the property here in Iowa.....I've never seen anything like these and would have thought they were floral also. Thanks for letting us know!

dinlauren

Ugh! I would pull them up too! Ugly things to me.

Yooper32

Wow! Those look like something out of a Science -fiction movie. Never seen anything quite like that. Good to know that they are not harmful to your pine trees, anyhow.

Geri B

Have had pines of various kinds on properties here in Illinois...first time seeing these! Interesting...wonder what their purpose is.....they are interesting looking...


thanks for list of poisonous plants....wow there are a lot!