Thuja occidentalis (Northern white cedar): Cones
		The small (to 0.5 inches long), oblong cones are yellowish and erect, becoming pendant, light brown and woody when they mature (at the end of the first summer). Scale bracts are rounded and may have a minute prickle at the tip. Only 4 of the 8 to 12 cone scales are fertile and bear seeds. Seeds are released in the fall, but cones persist into winter.