Winged Fruits

Found: the length of a maple seedling in the early stages of germination, with all of its parts (the wing, the seed, the seedling itself, the start of a root system) well-preserved and still connected.

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A gallery of maple (Acer) samaras (winged fruits) in the USDA Seeds of Woody Plants in the United States forest service guide, 1974:

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