Showerthoughts @lemmy.world The Giant Korean @lemmy.world 1mo ago

The most recognizable leaf silhouette is the marijuana leaf.

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Maple leaves are pretty recognizable. There's a whole entire country that's got one on its flag.
- As a Minnesotan who pops gummies every night, I can safely say I have no idea how many leaves are on a marijuana, but a maple is 3 points with 3 points on each of them and 2 teeny tiny little legs at the bottom
  
  The iconic sugar maple leaves have 5 lobes, not 3. I am a Certified Naturalist with a specialty in native trees.
  
  Being able to reproduce it from memory is different from recognizing it though
- Split the middle. Japanese Maple Tree leaves look almost identical to Marijuana leaves.
- Fake news, Canada's not a real country, it's made up, like unicorns, or gypsies.
  
  Birds aren't real
- Maple leaves are pretty recognizable, but if I saw a silhouette of a marijuana leaf next to the silhouette of a maple leaf, I'd probably pick out the marijuana leaf first. I'm not really even a weed user. Might just be me, though.
(four leaf) clover have to be in the top five most recognizable too
- Probably more recognizable TBH.
I think Canada would like a word
- I always recognize the Canadian flag because of the iconic marijuana leaf
- Legalise Canada
  
  M.A.C. enters the chat
Canada would like to have a word
- Canada: Am I a joke to you?
  
  The kids in the hall say yes
  
  Yes. This country certainly is right now
  
  Have you seen South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut?
As much as I wish this were true, even little kids can recognize clover leaf.

If I had to rate recognition I think it would be:

Clover

Fern

Maple

Cannabis
- I feel like oak is also in the top 5. Possibly even higher than cannabis.
  
  Depends on where you live. We don't have any oaks where I grew up. I couldn't tell you what their leaves look like
- Individual leaves of clover definitely aren't that recognizable.
  
  The leaf is the set of leaflets.
Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy is a pretty memorable silhouette.
Shamrocks are pretty recognisable too.
Pine needles?

Maple leafs

Four leaf covers

Palm fronds?

Pineapple leafs are pretty identifiable
- A pineapple leaf on its own could be any kind of long thin leaf though. It's only on a pineapple that they're obvious
Sorry, maple leaf for the win.
Have to say oak myself, at least in the northern hemisphere.
- Pointy oak, round oak or broad oak?
Palm leaves ?
Nah, it risks getting mixed up with maple's.

Haven't you seen any Gingko biloba?
- You mean spades?
  
  I think they are like butterfly wings. No other leaves looks like that.
What a relief.
- What a reefer leaf
Any love for the Hong Kong orchid?
Thanks Bob.
I wouldn't go that far. I have no idea what it even looks like.

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