Pine cones, female, pitch pine tree, Pinus rigida


Pitch pine Pinus rigida cones The pitch pine is adapted to growing in sandy acidic low nutrient soils This tree shows an open female cone and two immature unopened female cones The trees are monoecious but only female cones are visible here


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Photo credit: © Martin Shields / Alamy / Afripics
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