Coulter pine
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Coulter pine, or big-cone pine, is a conifer in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae. Coulter pine is an evergreen conifer that lives up to 100 years. It is a native of the coastal mountains of Sout
Culter pine cone
Pollen cones (male cones)
Close-up of bark detail
Foliage and cones
Cone (botany)
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A cone, or in formal botanical usage a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in conifers and cycads. They are usually woody and variously conic, cylindrica
Coulter pine
…glaucous gray-green in color, 15–30 cm (6–10 in) long, and stout, 2 mm (0.08 in) thick. The exemplary characteristic of this tree is the large, spiny cones, which are 20–40 cm (8–20 in) long (occasionally as much as 50 cm (20 in) length has been observed) and 23 cm (9 in) in width, and weigh 2–5 kg (4–10…
A mature female big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone
Young cones of a blue spruce (Picea pungens)
Cross-section of a young female cone
Young female cone on a Norway spruce (Picea abies)