Flora of North America species comparison

dark brown, at maturity deeply furrowed, ridges becoming yellowish, of narrow, elongate, scaly plates.

dark gray-brown to near black, deeply furrowed, with long, scaly, irregularly anastomosing, rounded ridges.

straight to ascending;

twigs stout (1–2cm thick), pale gray-brown, aging darker brown, rough.

often ascending;

twigs stout to moderately slender, violet-brown, often glaucous, aging gray-brown, rough.

ovoid-conic, to 2cm, resinous;

scale margins pale fringed.

ovoid, deep red-brown, 1.5(–3)cm, resinous;

scale margins white-fringed, apex cuspidate.

3(–5) per fascicle, spreading-ascending, often drooping, forming a brush at twig tips, persisting 2 years, (20–)25–45cm × 2mm, dull green, all surfaces with fine stomatal lines, margins coarsely serrulate, apex conic-subulate;

sheath 3–4cm, base persistent.

3 per fascicle, slightly spreading, not drooping, mostly ascending in a brush, persisting 3–4 years, 15–30cm × ca. 2mm, slightly curved or straight, twisted, dusty gray-green, all surfaces with pale, fine stomatal lines, margins serrulate, apex abruptly subulate;

sheath 2–4cm, base persistent.

cylindric, ca. 25mm, yellow to yellow-brown.

ovoid to cylindric, to 25mm, light purple-brown, aging orange-brown.

cones maturing in 2 years and shedding seeds soon thereafter, not persistent, terminal, sometimes curved, often asymmetric, lance-ovoid before opening, ovoid when open, 11–14cm, light dull brown, nearly sessile or short-stalked;

apophyses rhombic, somewhat to quite elongate, strongly raised toward outer cone base, sometimes curved, strongly cross-keeled, narrowed to thick, curved, broadly triangular-based umbo, this often producing outcurved claw.

cones maturing in 2 years, gradually shedding seeds thereafter and moderately persistent, massive, heavy, drooping, asymmetric at base, narrowly ovoid before opening, ovoid-cylindric when open, 20–35cm, pale yellow-brown, resinous, stalks to 3cm;

apophyses transverse-rhombic, strongly and sharply cross-keeled, elongate, curved, continuous with umbos to form long, upcurved claws 2.5–3cm.

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