{"id":31,"date":"2026-10-06T01:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:17:48","slug":"osage-orange","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/osage-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Osage-Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You found the Osage-Orange!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maclura pomifera \u2014 \ud83e\udda5 Osage-orange has prehistoric vibes! Its unusual fruit may be a relic of ancient dispersal relationships, including a proposed connection with extinct giant ground sloths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around campus \u2014 The Ridges, Baker Preserve, and Strouds Run \u2014 typically along field edges and old fencerows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claim your find: snap a photo with your magnet and post it publicly. Tag us \u2014 @PBIO_OhioU on X or Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University on LinkedIn \u2014 and add #PBIOTreeHunt. The magnet is yours to keep! Brought to you by OHIO Environmental and Plant Biology \u2014 https:\/\/www.ohio.edu\/cas\/plant-biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You found the Osage-Orange! One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt. Maclura pomifera \u2014 \ud83e\udda5 Osage-orange has prehistoric vibes! Its unusual fruit may be a relic of ancient dispersal relationships, including a proposed connection with extinct giant ground sloths. Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around campus \u2014 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}