I took a walk along the river this morning thinking I might find some mushrooms as I had done exactly a year ago when we were having some similar rainy weather. However, there were none to be found on this occasion. I did see quite a few early arriving Sandhill Cranes, but was not quick enough to catch them with my camera. I walked back toward my truck through a dense section of the riverside forest and was pleased to find this Osage Orange among the Cottonwoods.
There are multiple trunks, but I think this is just one isolated plant. That means that it must be a female of the species. According to Wikipedia "Although the flowering is dioecious, the pistillate tree when isolated will still bear large oranges, visually perfect, but lacking the seeds."
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