Add to ORKGBranch/twig features are not an overly important identification feature. However, upon close inspection the newest growth is glaucous green (gray/green) changing to orange/yellow with age. Of course, the larger branches will have orange flaky bark.https://dc.cod.edu/horticulture-2242-pinus-densiflora_umbraculifera/1003/thumbnail.jp
Older stems develop very obvious and distinctive dark gray spurs. The spurs are a reliable identific...
American hornbeam twigs are dark red and slender. The larger branches are the same gray color and s...
The twigs are yellowish to gray-brown and may be slightly pubescent or glabrous.https://dc.cod.edu/h...
The young shoots are green changing to yellowish brown. This is not an identification feature but th...
The bud is reddish brown and resinous but is not a significant identification feature. Notice the st...
The twig has many raised lenticels. The twig is green upon emergence turning brown at maturity.https...
The stout stems of Austrian pine are yellow brown when young maturing to gray with rough projections...
The beautiful flaky orange bark on branches that radiate out in an umbrella-like branching pattern i...
The horizontal branches are densely set. The small stems are orange-brown. Both branch/twig attribu...
First year Pinus cembra stems are covered with dense orange-brown pubescence. In the second year st...
The resinous buds are gray-brown. They are not a useful identification feature. Notice the stem colo...
The stems are slender with thin smooth gray or gray/green bark.https://dc.cod.edu/horticulture-2242-...
The yellow-orange color of the young stem is a good identification feature. This is especially evide...
The young bark is thin, gray and smooth becoming scaly with age.https://dc.cod.edu/horticulture-2242...
The young stems are covered in a soft pubescence. The older stems are glabrous.https://dc.cod.edu/ho...
Older stems develop very obvious and distinctive dark gray spurs. The spurs are a reliable identific...
American hornbeam twigs are dark red and slender. The larger branches are the same gray color and s...
The twigs are yellowish to gray-brown and may be slightly pubescent or glabrous.https://dc.cod.edu/h...
The young shoots are green changing to yellowish brown. This is not an identification feature but th...
The bud is reddish brown and resinous but is not a significant identification feature. Notice the st...
The twig has many raised lenticels. The twig is green upon emergence turning brown at maturity.https...
The stout stems of Austrian pine are yellow brown when young maturing to gray with rough projections...
The beautiful flaky orange bark on branches that radiate out in an umbrella-like branching pattern i...
The horizontal branches are densely set. The small stems are orange-brown. Both branch/twig attribu...
First year Pinus cembra stems are covered with dense orange-brown pubescence. In the second year st...
The resinous buds are gray-brown. They are not a useful identification feature. Notice the stem colo...
The stems are slender with thin smooth gray or gray/green bark.https://dc.cod.edu/horticulture-2242-...
The yellow-orange color of the young stem is a good identification feature. This is especially evide...
The young bark is thin, gray and smooth becoming scaly with age.https://dc.cod.edu/horticulture-2242...
The young stems are covered in a soft pubescence. The older stems are glabrous.https://dc.cod.edu/ho...
Older stems develop very obvious and distinctive dark gray spurs. The spurs are a reliable identific...
American hornbeam twigs are dark red and slender. The larger branches are the same gray color and s...
The twigs are yellowish to gray-brown and may be slightly pubescent or glabrous.https://dc.cod.edu/h...