friend or foe?

[catjac1975]

I spotted this in the pines near the chicken coop yesterday.
Anyone know what it is?

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The black blur is Chaos the barn cat - included for scale.
It stands about 12-18" high.

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Looks like a fern.. but not quite.....

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close up of branch/leaf tip

A cat.

 

[catjac1975]

Definitely Queen Anne's lace. Lovely foliage is't it? Dig it up before it gets too big-the tape root will be hard to remove soon. When it seeds it will spread everywhere. Then again. If it is woodlands let it spread.