Monday, September 27, 2010

Beech

-the biggest beech tree in the cemetery-

Spotted in the Cemetery

Friday, September 24, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Himalayan Pine

Himalayan pine (Pinus wallichiana) needles grow in bundles of five.

When the leaves are fully grown, they're quite long.

Here is a cluster of male strobili right below the new leaves.

-view from under a Himalayan pine-



The larger cone is a Himalayan pine cone.

-unripe cones-

-ripe cones-