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Some red color may be seen in the fissures of the bark. The species is self pruning; there tend not to be dead branches on the trees, and older trees may have very long lengths of branchless trunk below the canopy. [5] The leaves are needle-like, dark yellow-green, in fascicles of two, [6] 12–18 centimetres (4 + 3 ⁄ 4 –7 inches) long, and ...
Trees may live up to 400 years; [5] a living example of 326 years was noted in 2001. [6] [7] Northern red oak is easy to recognize by its bark, which features ridges that appear to have shiny stripes down the center. A few other oaks have bark with this kind of appearance in the upper tree, but the northern red oak is the only tree with the ...
The leaf stalks are usually red and are up to 10 cm (4 in) long. The leaves can turn a characteristic brilliant red in autumn, but can also become yellow or orange on some individuals. Soil acidity can influence the color of the foliage and trees with female flowers are more likely to produce orange coloration while male trees produce red.
As the trees grow taller in denser forest, they lose their lower branches, such that the foliage may start as high as 34 m (110 ft) off the ground. [19] Douglas-firs in environments with more light may have branches much closer to the ground. The bark on young trees is thin, smooth, gray, and contains numerous resin blisters.
The leaves are evergreen, lasting a few years before detaching. Some second-year leaves turn orange to red and detach in the autumn. [4] In the north of its range, wet winters often promote a brown to black leaf discoloration due to fungal infections; [6] [7] the stain lasts until the leaves naturally detach at the end of their lifespan.
Prickles on a blackberry branch. In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems, or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory.
Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, [3] bull pine, blackjack pine, [4] western yellow-pine, [5] or filipinus pine, [6] is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America. It is the most widely distributed pine species in North America.
In autumn, leaves turn various shades of yellow, orange and red. Hornbeam saplings, stressed trees, and the lower branches of mature trees may exhibit marcescence—where leaves wither with autumn but abscission (leafdrop) is delayed until spring. [4] The smooth, gray trunk and larger branches of a mature tree exhibit a distinctive muscle-like ...