Pointy, with Hole

Posted by Ken McCoy (Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States) on 17 March 2007 in Plant & Nature.

This plant, the Saw Palmetto, is ubiquitous in my area. The chunks removed from one of the blades look like bullet-holes -- and this is a frequent disfigurement. I expect it's really some kind of insect damage, but ah, the imagination does run on...

NIKON D70
1/250 second
F/8.0
82 mm (35mm equiv.)

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