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

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
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#JSE #PlantSci #evolution #botany

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

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

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

#TextureTuesday #conifers

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...

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

#portland #conifers #photography

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