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Ponderosa pine - immature pollen cones

Ponderosa pine - immature pollen cones

Pinus ponderosa. The purplish structures are the developing male cones; when mature (about a week), they will turn brown and papery, and emit showers of green-g...
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Pinus ponderosa. The purplish structures are the developing male cones; when mature (about a week), they will turn brown and papery, and emit showers of green-gold pollen. The dry brown papery pollen cones often remain on the tree a year or two. The gold-brown-white structure at the end of the pollen cones is this-year's twig-needle bud, just starting to expand.
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PENTAX K-50

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 160 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 5000/100

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May, 2018

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