This common milkweed (
Asclepias syriaca) pod shows one remaining seed after a fall spent bursting open to allow seed dispersal. Feather light threads connect the clump of seeds in each pod, sending them skyward once the pod has cracked open. The pod and stalk will continue decaying through the winter and return nutrients to the soil in the spring prairie fire at Aldo Leopold Nature Center.
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