Imagine a pinecone as heavy as a bowling ball and the size of a chihuahua. Believe it or not, such pinecones exist—and they belong to the coulter pine (Pinus coulteri), a conifer that can be found in parts of North America including California and Mexico. Infamous among loggers and foresters, this tree is nicknamed "the widowmaker" because of the unlucky individuals who met their fate as a result of its falling pinecones. This species produces the largest pinecones on the planet, weighing up to 11 lbs (5 kg)!
Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
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Rising Moon and Pines by Carl Gustav Carus
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Japanese fir (Abies firma). Illustrations of conifers. 1909-1913.
Internet Archive
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Plant of the Day
Friday 8 December 2023
This autumn I saw the cones on Pseudolarix amabilis (golden larch, false larch, golden pine) for the first time. This is a slow-growing, deciduous tree with whorls of light green, linear leaves, which turn bright golden-yellow in autumn.
Jill Raggett
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Landscape Blues, Variation 23091
By Jeff Stanford, 2023
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