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She had to get those rare shells at the beach.

The Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra is a wonderful tree native to the American continent in the Soapberry family (Sapindaceae). It is important to me as it is my state's official tree, and many of us Ohioans call ourselves Buckeyes, and so do the fans of OSU's college sports teams. The fruit is not edible, but can be strung into necklaces. The fruit contains saponins, chemicals that have bitter taste and foam when mixed in water. It has soft, pale wood and was used by the Lenape who would roll them in their hands for rheumatism. (continues in comments)

It’s almost knee length grass and wild flowers and I don’t think they have cut grass so far even once this year. Is it being done intentionally ?

Fragaria vesca

The white ones are NOT unripe. Some trees genetically keep their fruit white even when ripe. One of my spots has both white and black fruiting trees next to each other

I know they have cold moist stratification. But how should I store them in the meantime before fall?