| Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine): Cones | ||
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The light reddish-brown, symmetrical cones are 2.5 to 6 inches long with thin, narrow, flexible scales and the umbos each armed with a sharp prickle. Fallen cones have a depression in the base where the basal scales are absent (they remained attached to the twig). | |