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Key to Conifers
Abies - Fir
Trees; needle leaves, each somewhat flattened (will
not roll between the fingers); seed cones held erect on branches,
mature within one season, shatter at maturity (to disperse seeds).
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Abies homolepis - mature seed cones prior to
shattering
(photographed at the Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin)