This is very new to me.

Likewise.

It's definitely not maple, the shape of the leaf is probably parallel evolution. Likewise ivy; the leaves look too soft for that.

A little 'nest' of dead leaves, stems and... pine needles? probably left by a whirlwind months ago.

I've go some sort of tiny green plant growing on the bare-ass-fault pavement of my driveway. When it gets a bit larger, I'm going out there with my good camera and the macro lens. It's going to rain all weekend, so I'll try and get it Memorial Day (they're promising sun).

My neighbors have large pine trees, hence the needles. I'd raked the back porch some weeks back, but the weather has been rotten around here, so I hadn't gotten around to cleaning up the pile.

Now I don't have the heart to, at least until I find a nice pot to transplant the little bugger. Determination like that deserves better than a lawn and leaf bag... :)

I wonder if it could be grapes? My house was built on farmland, and this town was famous for its grapes once upon a time...

I'm not sure. The last botany class I had was almost 55 years ago. My BIL might know; he's a horticulturist. Yeah, I've heard the joke, that's why he married my sister.

"...but you can't make her think." Yeah, an oldie but goodie. Well, run this by the BiL and see what he thinks. :)

He told it to me -- before the marriage, almost 40 years ago (yeah baby sister turned 60 this year). I read it from Isaac Asimov first, though.

Huh, neat.

Yup.

Aliens... Watch out for pods.

Audrey III?

I was thinking more along the lines of the '50s Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Heh, never underestimate a plant's will to grow.

Evidently so! :)

Seen pine seedling growing in pine needles jammed into the house gutters.

Earliest form of hydroponics was an attempt to settle a bet as to what conditions a seed will grow under.

(nods) Well we know a pile of leaves on a concrete slab works...

Looks like "soft maple" seeds (the spinners) and seedling leaves. Pine needles and the vanes on the maple seeds hold water and the seeds have enough "food" in them to grow a bit. Should be quite easy to get some saplings to grow from that clutch, if rabbits don't eat them first. When I start trees I must cage them AND provide something else for the rabbits to nosh on, they LOVE maple seedlings.

I was thinking something similar. May get a pot for 'em and, if the bhunnies don't get 'em, offer saplings to the neighbors. :D

I remember seeing a tiny plantling growing somehow in a public restroom. How it survives the cleanings is a mystery to me.

I had one growing in the trunk carpeting of my car once...

Maple. Better stop those ones that are trying to grow under your steps.

But I was counting on that one for maple syrup for brekkers!

I was going to blame it on the Jack in the Green. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCR4_985wq4 Enjoy some Tull

Neat

if that happens in your lawn you might want to check for Rabbit kits... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lezi0pZhJdY

Not having dogs, I do tend to have more bunneh s per capita in my backyard.