Immature Pine Cone
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Immature Pine Cone
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 30 Apr 2007
In a few days the cone will open and be covered with pollen, which will blow away to lie as a yellow scum on any puddles. I think from the colour of the needles that this must be a Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta).
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Image Location
Latitude
57.620364
Longitude
-2.794168