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#TreeTuesday: Osage Orange

The Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera, is a native to a narrow belt in eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, and the extreme northwest corner of Louisiana. But it has been introduced and has become naturalized throughout much of the eastern United States, including Virginia.

Photo of Osage Orange fruit; November 15, 2021. Photo by: E.R. Olsen, Virginia Cooperative Extension, CC BY-SA 3.0
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