Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: cone, 1/16 inch long
• Leaves: evergreen, scale-like, pointed tips,
• Bark: grey/brown, thin and flattened vertical ridges that can loosen in flat strips
• Fruit/Seed: egg-shaped cone, 1/3-1/2 inch long
• Height: 40-80 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: peat swamps, moist upland forest, rocky lakeshores, cliffs

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
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
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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