Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: cone-like structure, male; cylindrical, 1/3-1/2 inch long, yellow/brown, female; erect, egg shaped, ½ inch long, purple
• Leaves: evergreen, square needles, ¼-1/2 inch long, blunt tip
• Bark: grey/brown, thin flaky scales
• Fruit/Seed: egg-shaped cone, ½-1 ¼ inch long, hanging from tips of twigs, scales with rounded and irregularly toothed edges
• Height: 30-50 feet
• Flowering: June
• Habitat: northern swamps and bogs

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32005048@N06/3899164918
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)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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