Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: cone-like structure, Male; globular to oblong, 1/8-1/6 inch long, creamy white pollen sacs, loose collar of brown, papery scales, Female; erect, egg shaped, ¼-3/8 inch long, 10-25 cone scales are greenish with deep rose red edging
• Leaves: needle-like, tight clusters of 10 to 35, soft, ½-1 inch long
• Bark: rough, brownish gray flaky scales
• Fruit/Seed: egg shaped cone, ½-¾ inch long
• Height: 30-85 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: boggy swamps, lakeshores, along streams, upland forest
• Other: This is a deciduous conifer, meaning it is a cone bearing tree like pines and spruces but it is not evergreen, its needles turn yellow and fall off in the fall.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Eli Sagor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7357861@N03/519865739
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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