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19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Native to Serbia and now cultivated in gardens as an ornamental tree. Grows up to 30m high (sometimes up to 50m) with the overall width of the tree being up to 10m. It has a church-spire like habit but this specimen is still quite young. The branches aim downwards before arching back up again at their tips. |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Female cones. |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
The female cones are red and on the uppermost branches (as opposed to crimson for the male cones). |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
These are still female flowers, but ones which have opened up a little and beginning to turn into brown cones at their tips. Later they turn pendulous to ripen a dark purple colour in October. |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
These young male pollen cones are a tamer red and have not yet expanded but are soon to shed theor pollen, and then die and drop off. They are axillary and are borne just below new shoots and either occur singly or in clusters. (The two narrower pale brownish objects with curled-back flaps might(?) be new branches?) |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Male flower (cone) [right], two new branches [left] (your Author assumes...) |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Male flowers [top and bottom].. |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
Male flower [top]. The leaves are linear and green on top, similar to those of Sitka Spruce but more blunt at the tip. |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
But underneath the leaves have a groove along the centreline and are covered in white dots. the tips of the leaves terminate abruptly in a rounded blunt, but slightly pointed, tip. The leaves join onto the woody branch via a raised knob (aka pulvinus). |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
The bark is a orange-brown to copper coloured. |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
The bark breaks up into irregular plates and looking like it easily falls off with anything but a gentle touch. |
19th May 2011, Nr. Denshaw, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
The bark gets covered in a green lichen on the north side (in the UK). |
Some similarities to : Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) but this can grow much taller (70 to 95m) and up to 15m wide but is still assumes the same kind of narrow concial shape. The cones are slightly longer at up to 10cm.
Slight resemblance to : The cone (not shown) is short, up to 6cm long.
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