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Male strobili

2021Cedrus atlantica Male cones from an Altas cedar

These are the male cones or "strobili" from a young Atlas cedar at Scampston Hall. Papery, thin, and plentiful.

Female cones

2023Cedrus atlantica Female cone from an Altas cedar

This is a female cone of the Atlas cedar, Cedrus altlantica. Barrel shaped and chunky, contrasting with the male cones from the same tree.

Young cones

Aug 2023Cedrus atlantica Young cones from an Altas cedar

These are young cones from the Atlas cedar, Cedrus altlantica. Green, tightly packed and plentiful, they will eventually develop into the large barrel-shaped cones common to cedars

Cedar cone

Aug 2023Cedrus libani Cedar of Lebanon cone

This is a mature cone, tightly held together with resin, from a relatively young cedar of Lebanon growing in the parkland at Scampston Hall.

Bladder nut

September 2021Staphylea pinnata Bladdernuts

Bladdernut is a large, upright shrub, to 5m in height and spread, with dark green leaves composed of five to seven pointed, oval leaflets. Long, hanging clusters of fragrant, bell-shaped, white flowers tinged with pink, appear in late spring and early summer followed by pale green, inflated fruit. These were growing at Thorp Perrow arboretum

Giant redwood cones

2021Sequoiadendron giganticum Sequoia cones

Cones from the giant redwood, or sequoiadendron giganticum. Collected from Scampston Hall parkland

Chestnuts

2021Castanea sativa chestnuts and husks

Chestnuts have a pointed end with a small tuft at their tip, and at the other end, a hilum – a pale brown attachment scar. They have two skins. The first one is a hard, shiny, brown outer hull or husk - the pericarpus. Underneath is another, thinner skin, called the pellicle or episperm. These were gathered from the old tree in the parklands at Scampston Hall

Walnuts

2021Juglans nigra Walnuts

A spherical brownish-green, semi-fleshy husk and a brown, corrugated nut. A very hard shell, with a small wrinkled seed inside. The whole fruit, including the husk, falls in October.

Western red cedar

October 2021Thuja plicata Western red cedar cones

Tiny cones cling to the needles in large clusters on this western red cedar branch at Thorp Perrow Arboretum

Western hemlock

March 2023Tsuga heterophylla Western hemlock cones

The small cones of the Western Hemlock have no stalks, growing directly from the leaf stems. These are from a large specimen at RHS Harlow Carr

Larch

2022Larix decidua larch cone

Larch cones develop from female flower-like structures (often called larch roses) which grow at the tips of shoots. They release winged seeds into the wind.

Chinese cypress cone

2022Cupressus duclouxiana Cypress cone

Cones of the Chinese cypress, having opened to release their seeds. Found at the Yorkshire Arboretum.

Alder "cones"

January 2023Alnus glutinosa Alder cones

These small cone-like shapes are actually female catkins, which have turned woody and opened to disperse their seeds. The male catkins grow on the same tree, and are longer, tassel-like shapes.

Lime

2021Tilia platyphyllos Lime fruits

Small pea-like fruit hangs attached to a ribbon-like, greenish-yellow bract whose apparent purpose is to launch the ripened seed clusters just a little beyond the parent tree.

Spruce

UnsurePicea sp. Large spruce cones

Spruce cones

Wych elm samaras

May 2022Ulmus glabra Wych elm samaras

Seeds of the wych elm inside their papery thin wings, or samaras. Dispersed by the wind.


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