Trees Gallery - Fruits and nuts
Male strobili
2021Cedrus atlantica
These are the male cones or "strobili" from a young Atlas cedar at Scampston Hall. Papery, thin, and plentiful.
Female cones
2023Cedrus atlantica
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
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
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
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
Cones from the giant redwood, or sequoiadendron giganticum. Collected from Scampston Hall parkland
Chestnuts
2021Castanea sativa
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
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
Tiny cones cling to the needles in large clusters on this western red cedar branch at Thorp Perrow Arboretum
Western hemlock
March 2023Tsuga heterophylla
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 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
Cones of the Chinese cypress, having opened to release their seeds. Found at the Yorkshire Arboretum.
Alder "cones"
January 2023Alnus glutinosa
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
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.
Spruce cones
Wych elm samaras
May 2022Ulmus glabra
Seeds of the wych elm inside their papery thin wings, or samaras. Dispersed by the wind.