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Pinus sabiniana cones

9 years ago

On my almost daily walks I pass several young gray pines. One that has caught my attention has cones I estimated to be 9-10 inches long, about twice the length of the usual gray pine cone. I finally brought along my pole pruner and managed to reach three of these cones, all of which turned out to be 9 1/2 inches long and still full of last fall's seeds. I kept them in a box outside my garage for about two days before the gray squirrels found them and ripped them from head to toe. Never mess with animals that are smarter than you are.

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Embothrium
9 years ago
They felt entitled because they thought the tree was named after them.
pineresin
9 years ago
Found one with 2 cones about 30 cm long on a young tree next to the road from Redding down to Eureka, beside the Trinity River. Picked one of the cones, but it was too large for me to get home unfortunately.

Resin
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scotjute Z8
9 years ago
The seeds are quite tasty.
pinyonhead
9 years ago
Looks like a battle of my cone is bigger than yours.
pinetree30
Original Author
9 years ago
Actually the Trinity River area has the longest cones I know of. About twenty-five yrs ago a colleague brought me a "Coulter pine cone " from that area about the size resin describes. It turned out of course to be gray pine.

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