Comments on Pasadena Daily Photo: Fluff Piece

Possibly a cottonwood - from the poplar family

2009-08-17T00:51:07.423-07:00

Possibly a cottonwood - from the poplar family

Sure, back in the day that's where aspirin came fr...

2009-07-12T10:25:28.652-07:00

Sure, back in the day that's where aspirin came from.

Ha, I knew it was willow - we rabbits know a thing...

2009-07-12T08:16:20.007-07:00

Ha, I knew it was willow - we rabbits know a thing or two about which plants are which. After all, we were eating them long before you humans evolved. P.S. We only nibble willow leaves when we have a headache.

For anyone still subscribed to this post (the one ...

2009-07-11T15:24:28.784-07:00

For anyone still subscribed to this post (the one about the tree covered in fluffy white stuff), I've updated it with information from certified arborists, thanks to Ann Erdman, Pasadena PIO.

I've never seen this before, though it is amazing....

2009-07-04T09:31:41.831-07:00

I've never seen this before, though it is amazing. looks like a willow type leaf. I think we'll all have to wonder.

I don't think it's been "attacked" by another plan...

2009-07-03T20:45:53.601-07:00

I don't think it's been "attacked" by another plant because the plants around it aren't all covered. Unless it's the type of flora that attracts fluff. That would be so typical of an ecosystem.

So soft & very fluffy looking. Great place for a w...

2009-07-03T15:51:19.395-07:00

So soft & very fluffy looking. Great place for a walk.

I think this seed fluff is from the willow trees. ...

2009-07-03T12:46:09.510-07:00

I think this seed fluff is from the willow trees. There are so many of them down in that part of Hahamonga.

You have to enlarge the photo to see how much 'cot...

2009-07-03T11:29:47.558-07:00

You have to enlarge the photo to see how much 'cotton' there is. Fantastic!

If it were not for the leaves I'd have thought it ...

2009-07-03T11:10:03.654-07:00

If it were not for the leaves I'd have thought it was a cottonwood, Petrea.
But with those leaves I really have no idea.

Looks like a soap bubble tree!

2009-07-03T09:18:06.806-07:00

Looks like a soap bubble tree!

Pascal Jim, you sent me looking again, but the onl...

2009-07-03T08:54:26.095-07:00

Pascal Jim, you sent me looking again, but the only photos I found are of clothes hanging on branches.

You sillys..its called The Laundry Tree.

2009-07-03T08:47:07.464-07:00

You sillys..its called The Laundry Tree.

I'm wishing I'd gotten a close-up of the foliage. ...

2009-07-03T08:45:55.934-07:00

I'm wishing I'd gotten a close-up of the foliage. (Gives me an excuse to go back, as if I needed one.)

I've been surfing about on Google Images; the closest thing seems to be the mouthful Altadena Hiker suggested; there are different varieties and we have the right climate, so it could grow here. We have plenty of eucalyptus, after all.

It really is a wonderland on some of the more secluded paths. I love it there.

I have no idea what it's called, but it looks like...

2009-07-03T08:39:20.649-07:00

I have no idea what it's called, but it looks likes very touchable. I like it.

I didn't realize cotton grew on tress.

2009-07-03T08:39:02.229-07:00

I didn't realize cotton grew on tress.

I'm not sure what it is either, but it's making me...

2009-07-03T08:16:00.411-07:00

I'm not sure what it is either, but it's making me sneeze. Sure does look like soft snow at first glance.

might be the snow in summer tree (Australia's flax...

2009-07-03T07:41:38.727-07:00

might be the snow in summer tree (Australia's flaxleaf paperbark Melaleuca linariifolia.)

Invasion of the body snatcher tree? If the other ...

2009-07-03T06:59:27.367-07:00

Invasion of the body snatcher tree? If the other commenters are correct about the moths.

Looks like something that has a Gypsy Moth invasio...

2009-07-03T05:20:47.891-07:00

Looks like something that has a Gypsy Moth invasion.

We could make up a name . . . like cotton candy tr...

2009-07-03T01:53:43.032-07:00

We could make up a name . . . like cotton candy tree.

Sorry, Petrea, I don't know. But it's pretty, isn...

2009-07-03T01:05:57.842-07:00

Sorry, Petrea, I don't know. But it's pretty, isn't it! {Perhaps less so for asthmatics...}

I've never seen it before either. Up here, we some...

2009-07-03T00:12:12.553-07:00

I've never seen it before either. Up here, we sometimes see ceanothus trees loaded with "tent caterpillars", but the shape of the web-like structures are different. Time to call the LA Arboretum.

I don't think I've ever seen this...cotton, p@ssy ...

2009-07-03T00:03:13.735-07:00

I don't think I've ever seen this...cotton, p@ssy willow...fake hollywood snow?

and I've been in the watershed before...but apparently, not at this time of year!