Linaeus help! 

by Vermont Woodchuck

There are certain things that people who always live on concrete should not try to identify. This goes for the cutline writer of this photo of the Tour de France. One might look at the photo before naming the botanical specimens in the image.

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Riders pass by a corn field near Celles, Belgium, during the 3rd stage of the 94th Tour de France cycling race between Waregem, Belgium, and Compiegne, France, Tuesday July 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)

Of course, this is France!

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2 comments

1 Hotspur { 07.11.07 at 4:51 am } 

In the biological taxonomy of Linaeus, there’s a place for corn like this. The hierarchy of being isn’t exclusive, Woodie. If it can include Frenchmen, it can include wheatus cornicus.

2 Bryan { 07.14.07 at 7:20 am } 

“Corn” is also a generic English word for grain (maybe true for French and Spanish?) more specifically wheat and barley, if I recall correctly.