Careful handling this week's mystery plant, a fiercesome pine

BY JOHN NELSON Curator, USC Herbarium
Posted 12/5/10

Prick not your finger as you pluck it off ...

Shakespeare, King Henry IV, part 1

Well, good luck with that! I'd recommend clippers if you really need one of these pine cones. Strong, stout clippers.

The seed cones, shown here on an …

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