white fir, concolor fir - Pinaceae Abies concolor

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Identification Description

Foliage	blue-green needles, singly attached via a "suction cup" to the twig, curved upward on twig, citrus odor when crushed	Leaf Type	Needle
		Needles	1
Bark	gray, smooth with few resinous blister; becoming deeply, irregularly ridged with age
Bud	light brown, conical, blunt, and resinous
Twig	yellow/green on current year, then gray/brown
Pollen Cone	male red/violet with male and female on the same tree (monoecious)
Seed Cone	cone: light pale green to brown during maturation; 3-6" long, 1.5-1.75" wide, cylinder shaped; upright on the stem; deciduous scale leaving a peg; male and female on the same tree (monoecious)
Fall Color	blue-green