Seeds, Pods and Cones

 

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

Willa Cather, American Author (1873-1947)

 

 
Mexican Pine cone silhouette, Sierra Madres Mountains, Mexico

Mexican Pine cone silhouette, Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico

 

 

Hornbeam, Asheville, North Carolina   American Elm keys, Coppell, TX mid-March   Huge 9 x 5 inch Foothills Pine cone dripping with sap, California   Foothills Pine cone, Yosemite National Park, CA   Laurel, San Francisco, California
                 
Oaxaca pine cone, Sierra Madres Mountains, Mexico   Douglas Fir cones, Salt Spring Island, BC   Pine cones, Adelaide, Australia   Spruce, White Pine and Fir Cones, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa ON Canada   Spruce, White Pine and Fir Cones, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa ON Canada
                 
American Elm keys, Edmonton, Alberta   American Elm, early March, Coppell, TX   Ash keys, early March in Coppell, Texas   Jacaranda seed pods, about 2 inches across - Chapala, Mexico   Daphne seeds in pods, Guadalahara, Mexico
                 
Large pods of the Flamboyant tree, about 14 inches / 195 cm long - Chapala, Mexico   Sycamore drupes - Coppell, Texas in January   Sweetgum seed capsule, Irving, Texas   Sycamore drupe, Coppell, Texas   Sweetgum seed capsules, Bakersfield, California
                 
Fir cones North Battleford, Saskatchewan   Jack-pine cones, Ouimet Canyon ON Canada   Yellow Poplar seed pods in January, Aloha, OR   Deodar Cedar cone, North Saanich, BC   Frank Slide, Alberta - bristlecone pine
                 
Port Orford cedar cones, Santa Cruz, California   Norway Spruce cones, Kingston ON Canada   Norway Spruce cones, Kingston ON Canada   Bigleaf Maple keys, Mt. Walker WA US   Foothills Pine cones, California
                 
Bigleaf Maple keys, Yosemite National Forest, California   Eucalyptus, Santa Cruz, CA   Large pods of the Flamboyant tree, about 14 inches / 195 cm long - Chapala, Mexico   Silver Birch, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   Catalpa legumes, Dallas, TX
                 
Spruce, White Pine and Fir Cones, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa ON Canada   Western Wyoming   Ponderosa Pine cone, Mariposa Grove, King's Canyon National Park, California   Ponderosa Pine cone, Sequoia and Redwood forest, Mariposa Grove, King's Canyon National Park, California   Ponderosa Pine cones in charred forest, Mariposa Grove, King's Canyon National Park, California

 

 

Early-stage pine cones, Kansas City, KS
Early-stage pine cones, Kansas City, KS

 

 

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