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Cenchrus Spinifex

ER — 9/10/2013 7:47:08 PM (archived)

http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu/News%20columns/Sandspur.htm

The Southern sandspur

Extremely painful, and they are everywhere.

It's probably an apocryphal tale, but my grandmother used to say the Spaniards introduced them in Florida so the Indians would have to wear shoes.

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• The five most underrated Science Fiction movie masterpieces of all time... - Jody - 9/10/2013 1:05:06 AM
  • Something fun for the whole family . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 11:21:19 PM
  • Gawd, I hate videos on a slow connection - podrock - 9/11/2013 3:26:58 AM
    • For podrock . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 7:23:03 PM
      • I'd forgotten this thread... - podrock - 9/30/2013 8:39:09 PM
  • Naturally, I have seen all of them including,,, - FrankC - 9/10/2013 3:19:23 AM
  • Those damn seed pods. - TB - 9/10/2013 3:19:13 AM
    • "Sweetgum." - TB - 9/10/2013 6:29:41 PM
      • Cenchrus Spinifex - ER - 9/10/2013 7:47:08 PM
        • Re: Cenchrus Spinifex - TB - 9/10/2013 9:14:34 PM
  • I didn't see the last two, but I would like to add two of my own to the list. - ER - 9/10/2013 1:44:03 AM
    • And one more. - ER - 9/10/2013 3:54:00 AM
      • good flick but doesn't meet the article's category of underrated - FrankC - 9/10/2013 4:06:48 AM
    • Those sound great ER! - Jody - 9/10/2013 2:05:22 AM

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