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| habit | branches showing old female cone |
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| leaves (pine leaves--needles--are grouped into bundles called fascicles) | typical bark of P. taeda |
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| mature male cones in early Spring--these produce massive amounts of pollen! | young male cones surrounding the new vegetative growth in the center--this young growth is called a candle and will expand into stem and needles |
