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Leaves that Trick
... growth (stems, leaves) or reproductive growth (flowers). Usually the buds are prominent - rather plump, often tapered in shape, sometimes with overlapping scales. If you can find axillary buds, then the organ above it is a true leaf, not a leaflet. Because leaflets are divided leaves there are NO axillary buds at their point of attachment with the rachis (the ...
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Fir, Pine or Spruce - Which Do I Have?
... on cultural conditions and the planting site. Cones Cones are made up of scales attached to a center stalk. In between the overlapping scales the seeds can be found. The difference in cones can be seen ... spruce, while in others they are rough and notched as in the Colorado spruce.. Some pine scales have a small prickle on each scale to further help identification. Most spruce and pine trees retain ...
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Lilies
... Lilium and are considered true bulbs. The bulb consists of modified leaves that are called scales. The scales are attached to a flattened area called the basal plate. Also connected to the basal ... Lilies are in this form. Concentric Lilies consist of a rounded pyramidal basal plate surrounded by overlapping scales or various size and number depending upon the variety. Another type of bulb is called ...
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Douglas-fir genus description
Douglas-fir genus description Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga) Needles are about 1" long with a blunt tip. Woody cones (3-4" long) hang down; have pitchfork-shaped bracts. Buds are large and pointed with reddish-brown overlapping scales. Douglas-fir is the name of an entire genus of trees that contains six species--two native to North America and four native to ...
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Lilium
... to northern temperature hemisphere; old Latin name from Greek leirion for lily. Other culture: generally 5 types of lily bulbs depending on species: 1. concentric, growing point with overlapping scales 2. subrhizomatous, growing horizontally in one direction 3. rhizomatous, forming extensive mats 4. stoloniferous, developing new bulbs on horizontal stolons where they join (apices) 5. stoloniform, ...
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Vegetative Terminology (Part 1)
... upright subterranean stem surrounded by overlapping, fleshy scales. The corm is an underground stem without overlapping scales or with only a few scales. See The Edible Bulbs Of Onions And Leeks The root system and tubers of a potato plant (Solanum tuberosum). The potato tuber is technically a modified underground stem produced at the tip of ...
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Fruit Terminology (Part 2)
... -seeded fruit with hard pericarp. Go To Article About Fruits Called Nuts See Photos of Cashews And Brazil Nuts A. Fagaceae: Oak (Quercus) The one-seeded nut of an acorn sits in a cup-shaped involucre composed of numerous overlapping scales. These acorns are from the cork oak (Quercus suber), the bark of which is the source of natural cork. See The Bark & ...
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Alnus serrulata, hazel alder
... noveboracensis Large shrub or small tree to 6 m (20 ft) tall and 15 cm (6 in) in diameter. Bark smoothish, dark gray to brown. Twigs slender, hairy when young, with 3-angled pith. Buds stalked, dark red, with three non-overlapping scales. Leaves elliptical or obovate, 5-11 cm (2-4.4 in) long and 3-7 cm (1.2-2.8 in) wide, finely serrate, ...
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Carya ovalis, red hickory
... ridges on older trunks and branches. Twigs thick, glabrous, reddish-brown. The single terminal bud is large, egg-shaped, with glabrous overlapping scales. Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, 15-25 cm (6-10 in) long, with a slender scurfy-hairy rachis. Leaflets 3-7 (usually 5), lanceolate, 7.5-15 cm (3-6 in) long, acuminate, finely serrate, glabrous ...
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Redbanded Leafroller
... 1.6 to 6 mm in width. The pale yellowish or cream-colored masses resemble spots of tallow. the individual egg is a pale, flat disk about 0.8 mm in diameter. Upon close examination, the eggs will appear as overlapping scales in the mass. On apple trees, first-brood eggs are laid on the bark, chiefly on the trunk and scaffold limbs. Eggs of the ...
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