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Is this a hop or not? Found them scattered in my yard only. None in neighbors. Poisonous to my puppy?
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Yeah, that's a hop cone.
Look at the leaves, doesn't look like hops to me.
Also if you zoom in, the cone doesn't really look like hop cones. Not papery.
Look to your trees and shrubs. Birch, alder, something like that.
Google image search says it's a birch.
This is not a birch leave, at least not a European one. Don't know if there are other varieties out there with differently shaped leaves.
But I agree, it's most likely a tree or a shrub.
But I agree, it's most likely a tree or a shrub.
That's not hops. There are other plants that resemble hop cones but the leaves are totally different.
You have to be careful with common names of flora and fauna. Europeans came over here and applied names on things that barely resembled things at home. For example, the Grand Tetons.
FloppyKnockers
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Might be helpful to tell us what part of the world you're from.
Yes, upon closer inspection it is definitely not a cone.
But it really looks like one at a quick glance!
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It'd really help to see the plant itself. Hops grow on bines. Similar to vines but without the tendrils.
That doesn't look like hops to me based on the cone. Leaf is too thick and meaty. Possibly birch. Some around here have similar leaf. Though I think the cones have a stem instead of being stuck right on the end with the leaves.
Immature hop leaves can look entirely different from their mature look. Still, it seems too early for hops to be flowering and making a cone. At least in this part of the world. Where is your world?
That doesn't look like hops to me based on the cone. Leaf is too thick and meaty. Possibly birch. Some around here have similar leaf. Though I think the cones have a stem instead of being stuck right on the end with the leaves.
Immature hop leaves can look entirely different from their mature look. Still, it seems too early for hops to be flowering and making a cone. At least in this part of the world. Where is your world?
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The Ironwood tree has hop-like fruit. That's my guess from that picture.
waynetempro
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It looks like birch. How about making some birch beer?
Find the tree. Strip the bark. Extract the oil. Leave the cones on the ground.
Break open the cone and rub some of it between your fingers. Does it smell like hops?
And it's best to assume than anything you can't identify could be poisonous to your puppy, so don't feed any to the pup.
And it's best to assume than anything you can't identify could be poisonous to your puppy, so don't feed any to the pup.
I had to get rid of some big fallen oaks recently, and while I was cutting up oaks and surrounding trash, I noticed some of the trees smell exactly like hops.
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True this. Many plants that you wouldn’t suspect may cause them harm can do just that.
with tight serrated leaves like that looks like tree leaves. not a specialist in plants but have grown 8 different kinds of hops those leaves do not look like hop plants.
Is it suddenly wrong for dogs to eat meat?
