cone scales are rhombic

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VT Forestry I.D. Cards - sweet birch
... VT Forestry I.D. Cards - river birch river birch Betulaceae Betula nigra Leaf:Alternate, simple, pinnately-veined, rhombic to ovate, 1 1/2 to 3 inches long, conspicuously doubly serrate, with a wedge-shaped base, ... The cap covers less than 1/3 of the nut and is quite thin and flattened; cap scales are orange-brown, appressed and slightly pubescent; matures after two years, ripens in the fall. Twig: ...
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Cycad Society SA: Encephalartos brevifoliolatus
... and 60mm to 70mm in diameter in the dried state. The exposed faces of median microsporophylls (cone scales) are rhombic, about 22mm wide and 5mm high, and drawn out to a length of about 6mm ... but rigid and spineless petioles with whitish wool when young, and relatively narrow and entire leaflets which are finely ribbed on the lower surfaces. It differs from E. laevifolius and related species by its ...
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Cycad Society SA: Encephalartos hirsutus
... up to 60mm long, hidden amongst cataphylls in the trunk crown. The median megasporophylls (female cone scales) are rhombic with four lateral and one central facet, about 50mm wide, 44mm long and 15mm ... same as E. eugene-maraisii, E. dolomiticus, E. dyerianus and E. middelburgensis, given that the species are related and have a similar habitat. Like all cycads they prefer well drained soils. Plants ...
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