Mastodawn

What appear to be Scots or Scotch pine cones. I don't know that I've seen them during this transition before.

Kinda looks like corn on the cob on the cone.

#conifers #trees #pine #nature #NaturePhotography #photography #AltText

New #ISEPpapers! Seasonality of composition, genomic potential and activity of coniferous forest #soil microbiomes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-07163-w

#Protists #Microbes #Fungi #Microbiome #SoilScience #Conifers #Genomics #Forest

J of Systematics and Evolution Apr 20

Qian et al. explore global geographic patterns of mean diversification rate, representing recent speciation dynamics, within genera of #conifers, and relate MDR to regional species richness and climatic conditions.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70066
@WileyEcology
#JSE #PlantSci #evolution #botany

Paul Houle Feb 12

Tree heavy with cones with big blurred-out snowflakes in the foreground

#photo #photography #trees #conifers #cone #evergreen #ithaca #snow #winter

Charring Auh Feb 12

#Conifers (/ˈkɒnɪfər/) are a group of vascular plants and a subset of gymnosperms. They are primarily perennial, woody trees and shrubs, mostly evergreen with a regular branching pattern, reproducing with male and female cones

U3dn Feb 6

Conifers for Unity #Conifers #Trees #Unity #Bookofthedead #Rendering #Translucentlighting #Bending #Windzone #Lodtransitions #Vegetationstudiopro #Terrainengine #Deferredshading #Luxplus #Afs #Atg #AssetStore

https://u3dn.com/packages/conifers-for-unity-142076

Conifers [BOTD] | 3D Trees | Unity Asset Store

Elevate your workflow with the Conifers [BOTD] asset from forst. Find this & other Trees options on the Unity Asset Store.

Willa

Dec 16

Detail of cone of a Norway spruce (𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴):

#TextureTuesday #conifers

michael Dec 16

last year's #seasonal feature calling to #celebrate ancient living #trees rather than cutting millions of #conifers is now in the #openArchives. #FreeAccess for all: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/12/lets-celebrate-trees.html
#science #plants #ecology #forests #xmas #christmas

let's celebrate trees

My last feature of the year is a seasonal offering with the radical suggestion that we should celebrate old trees growing in their natural e...

grechaw Nov 29

A most Portland sort of place. (Tranquil, gray, wet, no violence)

#portland #conifers #photography

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Annals of Botany Nov 14, 2025

The study provides the first detailed comparison of female cone development timing in Araucariaceae, highlighting how conserved structures can differ in developmental timing. (8/8)

👉 https://doi.org/qc69

#PlantReproduction #PlantEvolution #Conifers #Botany #AoBpapers