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Needles Mingus Mtn
Sue Smith | Needles Mingus Mtn
Sue Smith | Immature cones Mingus Mtn
Sue Smith | Cones Mingus Mtn
Sue Smith | Bark Mingus Mtn
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Origin: Native
General Description: Deciduous. Mature trees over 100 feet tall, trunks reaching 5 feet in diameter; deeply furrowed brown to grayish-brown bark. Branches of the tree droop downward within a narrow to broadly conic canopy, that is often flattened in age.
Identification notes: Single round trunk, narrow to cone-shaped crown that flattens with age; bark, long scaly fissures; needles single, spirally arranged; distinguished by flattened, short-stalked round-tipped needles and pendulous papery cones with 3 papery bracts.
Height: 100 to 130 feet Width: 6 to 15 feet
Habitat Description: Found on mountain slopes, generally above 6500 feet, as low as 5000 feet in canyons.
Plant Communities: Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 6500 - 10000 feet
Leaf Color: Yellowish-green, bluish-green Type: Needles Shape: Narrow Margin: Smooth Attachment: Other Hairs: N
Description: Needles protrude in all directions from the branches and are narrow, flat, soft, rounded at tip, 3/4 to 1-1/4 inches long and attached to branches with short twisted stems.
Color: Reddish-brown, orangish-red Type: Cone or cone-like Description: Reddish-brown female cones are 3 inches long, pendulous with distinctive 3-pronged papery bracts extending from rounded scales, mature first season and shed in fall. Male cones are orangish-red, produced in the axils of leaves of the preceding year.
Bark Color: Brown to grayish-brown Bark Texture (Mature): Rough Bark and Branch Description: Very thick, deeply furrowed, often very gray as it ages.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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