It looked as though it had been snowing this morning when I pulled up the blinds and saw the grass covered in white and what looked like snowflakes floating past the window on the breeze.
When I investigated I discovered it was like flimsy cotton wool, covering little oval seed pods in various stages of bursting open.
This could be the work of a variety of the poplar tree, perhaps the Black Poplar, but if anyone wants to contradict this, feel free.
It is certainly an ingenious way for the seeds to be transported by the light as air white fluff surrounding them.
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