The Original Mystery Plant
Photo by Linda Lee
      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.
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Congaree can brag largest loblolly in the U.S.
     Casey and Jeannie Rae Clark demonstrate how big the loblolly pine in the Congaree National Park is. The loblolly pine in the park is the largest in the United States. It is as tall as a 16-story building.
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We have a winner
      Congratulation to Leila Grace Cooper who guessed this plant as a linum perenne, blue flax. She will receive a birdhouse from The Columbia Star.
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