Description ²

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: cone-like structure, male; oblong oval, 1/3-1/2 inch long, purple and erect, maturing to yellow/brown and hanging down, female; oval/barrel shaped, ½-5/8 inch long, purple, erect
• Leaves: evergreen, square needles, 1/3-3/4 inch long, pointed tip
• Bark: grey, thin flaky scales
• Fruit/Seed: cone, brown, 1 ¼-2 ½ inches long, hanging from tips of twigs, scales with rounded edges
• Height: 60-80 feet
• Flowering: May
• Habitat: northern upland forest

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Shuk Han (Nancy) Mak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shuk Han (Nancy) Mak
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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