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Immature male or pollen cones of Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine. ( Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum) A conifer cone or pinecone ( strobilus, pl.: strobili in formal botanical usage) is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants. It is usually woody, ovoid to globular, including scales and bracts arranged around a central axis, especially in ...
Western conifer seed bug. The western conifer seed bug ( Leptoglossus occidentalis ), sometimes abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains ( California to British Columbia, east to Idaho Minnesota and Nevada) but has in recent times expanded its ...
Araucaria heterophylla (synonym A. excelsa) is a species of conifer. As its vernacular name Norfolk Island pine (or Norfolk pine) implies, the tree is endemic to Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia. It is not a true pine, which belong to the genus Pinus in the ...
Juniper berries are actually modified conifer cones. A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales called a galbulus, which gives it a berry-like appearance. The cones from a handful of species, especially Juniperus communis, are ...
Cinnamon bird. A cinnamon bird, as depicted in a bestiary in a manuscript from Western France, c. 1450. The cinnamon bird, also known as Cinnamologus, Cinomolgus, or Cynnamolgus is a mythical creature described in various bestiaries as a giant bird that collected cinnamon to build its nests.
Birds of the crow family, Corvidae, are the primary distributor of the conifer seeds. These birds are known to cache 32,000 pine seeds and transport the seeds as far as 12–22 km (7.5–13.7 mi) from the source. The birds store the seeds in the soil at depths of 2–3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) under conditions which favor germination. [27]
Crossbill. Crossbills are birds of the genus Loxia within the finch family ( Fringillidae ), with six species. These birds are characterized by the mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name. Adult males tend to be red or orange in color, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation.
Araucaria bidwillii, commonly known as the bunya pine ( / ˈbʌnjə / ), [ 4] banya[ 5] or bunya-bunya, is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae which is endemic to Australia. Its natural range is southeast Queensland with two very small, disjunct populations in northeast Queensland's World Heritage listed Wet Tropics.