Late Fall Woody Plants

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Abies fraseri ETSU 02s - branchlets with needle leaves
Abies fraseri ETSU 04s - habit
Abies nordmanniana LG 01s - branchlets with needle leaves
Aucuba japonica Millsaps 01s - variegated (spotted) leaves
Aucuba japonica USNA 01s - non-variegated leaves and flowers
Aucuba japonica var. borealis USNA 01s - non-variegated leaves and fruits
Aucuba japonica NBG 04s - berries, close-up
Aucuba japonica UR 06s - habit
Buxus microphylla 'Green Beauty' LGBG 04s - leaves
Buxus microphylla 'Green Beauty' LGBG 02s - habit, in shrub border
Buxus microphylla 'Wintergreen' NBG 01s - habit, in Japanese Garden
Buxus microphylla 'Wintergreen' NBG 02s - leaves
Buxus sempervirens LG 01s - flowers
Buxus sempervirens UR 02s - habit
Buxus sempervirens 'Aureovariegata' LGBG_02s - leaves
Buxus sempervirens 'Aureovariegata' LGBG_03s - habit (with Christmas lights)
Calocedrus decurrens CAL-ST-CHICO 01s - habit
Calocedrus decurrens LGBG 02s - habit small tree
Calocedrus decurrens CAL-ST-CHICO 06s - bark and trunk
Calocedrus decurrens CAL-ST-CHICO 07s - cones
Calocedrus decurrens LGBG 03s - close-up branch and scale leaves
Calocedrus decurrens TGIV-PT-UT 01s - branch
Calocedrus decurrens USNA 02s - branchlets, scale leaves and pollen cone buds
Calocedrus decurrens USNA 01s - bark
Cedrus atlantica LG 01s - habit
Cedrus atlantica LG 02s - habit
Cedrus atlantica 'glauca' USNA 04s - bark
Cedrus atlantica LG 03s - mature seed cones
Cedrus atlantica LG 04s - seed cone with scales falling and core remnant of old cone
Cedrus atlantica LG 06s - seed cone close-up
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' USNA 01s - short shoots with old pollen cones
Cedrus atlantica 'Pendula' USNA 01s - habit
Cedrus deodara HAMPTON-CEMETARY 01s - habit
Cedrus deodara UR 02s - ovulate cone, at pollination stage
Cedrus deodara UR 01s - pollen cones
Cedrus deodara UR 2s - pollen cones shedding pollen
Cedrus deodara UR 01s - branches and needles
Cephalotaxus harringtonia ETSU 01s - habit
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Korean Gold' LGBG 02s - branch and needles
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Nana' USNA 03s - close-up needles
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Nana' USNA 04s - close-up needles
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata' LG 01s - branch and cones
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata' LGBG 05s - ovulate cones, ovules with pollination droplets
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata' Tower-Hill 01s - pollen cones mature
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Green Arrow' LGBG 02s - branchlets
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' Tower-Hill 01s - branchlets and cones
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' Tower-Hill 02s - branchlets and cones
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' TOWER-HILL 04s - branchlets, pollen strobili, and cones
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' Tower-Hill 03s - habit
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' Tower-Hill 08s - mature cones
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula' USNA 01s - bark
Chamaecyparis obtusa LGBG 04s - branch
Chamaecyparis obtusa W-MA 07s - branchlets and pollen strobilus
Chamaecyparis obtusa LG 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii' LGBG 04s - branch of golden-yellow cultivar
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii' LGBG 06s - cones
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea' NBG 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Lutea' USNA 01s - branchlets
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Pygmaea' TOWER-HILL 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Repens' USNA 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Rigid Dwarf' LGBG 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis obtusa + Chamaecyparis pisifera LGBG 01s - comparison of branchlets
Chamaecyparis obtusa + Chamaecyparis pisifera LGBG 03s - comparison of branchlets, closeup
Chamaecyparis pisifera BLITHEWOLD 01s - habit, trunks
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard' LGBG 01s - branchlets, needle (juvenile form) leaves
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera' USNA 01s - branchlets and cones
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera aurea' LGBG 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera aurea' Tower-Hill 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Mop' NBG 01s - habit, as container specimen
Chamaecyparis thyoides E-KILLINGLY-CT 02s - branchlets and cone
Chamaecyparis thyoides E-KILLINGLY-CT 03s - bark
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis Little Jamie' NBG 01s - habit
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Ericoides' USNA 01s - branchlets with needle leaves
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon' ETSU 01s - habit
Cryptomeria japonica ETSU 01s - habit, young tree
Cryptomeria japonica BLITHEWOLD 01s - habit, mature specimen
Cryptomeria japonica LGBG 07s - seed cones
Cryptomeria japonica LGBG 05s - old seed cones with seed released
Cryptomeria japonica VATECH 05s - ovulate cones (young seed cones)
Cryptomeria japonica LGBG 10s - young pollen cones
Cryptomeria japonica LGBG 11s - young pollen cones
Cryptomeria japonica VATECH 01s - branch with new growth
Cryptomeria japonica and Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans' VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 01s - branchlets, comparison of species and cultivar 'Elegans'
Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana' 'LGBG 02s - habit
Cunninghamia lanceolata BG 01 edit s - seed cone
Cunninghamia lanceolata LGBG 01s - winter buds
Cunninghamia lanceolata LGBG 02s - winter buds
Cunninghamia lanceolata LGBG 05s - immature cones
Cunninghamia lanceolata LGBG 04s - mature cones
Cunninghamia lanceolata ETSU 01s - branchlets
Cunninghamia lanceolata ETSU 02s - winter buds
Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Glauca' NBG 01s - mature specimen tree
Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Glauca' HENRICO 01s - habit
Cunninghamia lanceolata 'Glauca' LGBG 01s - pollen cones and new growth emerging from winter bud
Cupressus arizonica LGBG 01s - habit
Cupressus arizonica 'Blue Pyramid' ETSU 01s - habit
Cupressus arizonica LGBG 02s - branchlet with seed cones
Cupressus arizonica LGBG 04s - seed cones and pollen cones
Cupressus arizonica 'Carolina Sapphire' LGBG 04s - branchlets with pollen and seed cones
Cupressus arizonica 'Carolina Sapphire' LGBG 04s - habit
Erica carnea 'Aurea' VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 01s - branchlets
Erica carnea 'Springwood Pink' LGBG 01s - flowering branch
Euonymus alatus UR 01s - leaves and stem
Euonymus alatus UR 02s - flowers
Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' LGBG 03s - habit (summer)
Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' LGBG 07s - habit, fall color
Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' LGBG 06s - leaves and fruit, fall color
Euonymus fortunei MILLSAPS 04s - fruits and leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Euonymus fortunei MILLSAPS 03s - close-up fruits - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Euonymus fortunei UR 03s - fruits and fall color - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' LGBG 01s - variegated leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald & Gold' GREAT-BIG-GREENHOUSE 01s - variegated leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Euonymus fortunei 'Moon Shadow' LGBG 01s - variegated leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Euonymus fortunei 'Moon Shadow' LGBG 04s - variegated leaves - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Euonymus fortunei 'Moon Shadow' LGBG 05s - habit - CAUTION: shows potential to become invasive
Ilex verticillata UR 03s - branches with leaves and fruits
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold' LGBG 01s - leaves and fruits
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold' LGBG 02s - leaves and fruits
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' LGBG 01s - senescent leaves and fruits
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' LGBG 02s - habit (before leaf drop)
Ilex X 'sparkleberry' USNA 02s - senescent leaves and fruits
Ilex X 'sparkleberry' USNA 03s - fruits, after leaf drop
Ilex X 'sparkleberry' USNA 05s - winter habit
Juniperus chinensis LGBG 01s - ovulate cones
Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka' NBG 02s - habit, contorted erect branches
Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana' MILLSAPS 02s - pollen cones
Juniperus chinensis 'Saybrook Gold' LGBG 01s - habit
Juniperus chinensis 'Shoosmith' LGBG 02s - branchlets and cones
Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' VATECH 01s - habit young
Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa' LGBG 01s - habit older, in sillouette
Juniperus conferta LGBG 02s - branchlets with needle (juvenile) and scale (adult) leaves, closeup
Juniperus conferta LGBG 04s - habit
Juniperus conferta 'Blue Lagoon' USNA 01s - branchlets
Juniperus conferta 'Blue Mist' TOWER-HILL 03s - habit
Juniperus conferta 'Silver Mist' NBG 02s - branchlets
Juniperus conferta 'Silver Mist' NBG 01s - habit
Juniperus davurica 'Expansa Variegata' USNA 02s - habit
Juniperus davurica 'Expansa Variegata' USNA 01s - branchlets
Juniperus horizontalis USNA 01s - habit
Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbour' LGBG 01s - branchlets
Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip' LGBG 01s - habit
Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip' LGBG 02s - branchlets
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltoni" NBG 03s - branchlets and cones
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltoni" NBG 01s - habit
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' LGBG 02s - branchlets
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' USNA 02s - branchlets
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' USNA 03s - branchlets
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' USNA 01s - habit
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' LGBG 04s - habit
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' LGBG 05s - habit
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' LG 01s - habit
Juniperus sabina 'Monna' LGBG 01s - habit
Juniperus sabina 'Monna' LGBG 02s - branchlets
Juniperus sabina 'Monna' LGBG 03s - branchlets
Juniperus scopulorum LGBG 01s - branch with cones
Juniperus scopulorum TGIV-PT-UT 02s - ovulate cones
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' E-KILLINGLY-CT 01s - habit, young specimen
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 01s - habit
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 02s - branchlets
Juniperus squamata 'expansa_parsoni' USNA 01s - branchlets and cones
Juniperus squamata 'expansa_parsoni' USNA 02s - habit
Juniperus virginiana LGBG 01s - pollen cones
Juniperus virginiana LGBG 05s - ovulate/seed cones
Juniperus virginiana GOOCHLAND 02s - hedgerow of relatively young and variable wild seedlings
Juniperus virginiana NBG_01s - habit, young tree
Juniperus virginiana GOOCHLAND 03s - row of mature trees
Juniperus virginiana POWHATAN-VA 01s - row of mature trees, spontaneous, along fencerow
Juniperus virginiana 4760-AN 02s - bark
Juniperus virginiana 'Pendula' LG 01s - branchlets in spring, with pollen cones
Microbiota decussata USNA 01s - habit, young specimens
Microbiota decussata TOWER HILL 03s - habit
Microbiota decussata LG 01s - habit
Microbiota decussata LGBG 01s - branch
Microbiota decussata TOWER HILL 02s - branch
Microbiota decussata NBG 02s - branchlets (purple/brown, in winter)
Myrica cerifera LGBG 01s - branch with flowers
Myrica cerifera VATECH 01s - branch with fruits
Myrica cerifera VATECH 02s - close-up of fruits
Myrica cerifera NBG 03s - close-up of fruits
Picea abies ETSU 01s - habit, relatively young tree
Picea abies W-MA 04s - habit, mature specimen tree
Picea abies W-MA 08s - pollen cones
Picea abies W-MA 02s - immature (green) ovulate cone
Picea abies 'Inversa' TOWER-HILL 01s - habit
Picea abies 'Pendula' LG 01s - habit
Picea abies 'Pendula' VIETTE 02s - branches
Picea abies 'Pendula' USNA 02s - ovulate cones
Picea abies 'Repens' LGBG 02s - habit
Picea glauca BLITHEWOLD 01s - branchlets with needle leaves
Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica' W-MA 01s - habit
Picea glauca 'Caerulea' USNA 01s - multiple cones
Picea glauca 'Caerulea' USNA 01s - cone
Picea glauca 'Conica' USNA 01s - habit
Picea glauca 'Conica' VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 01s - habit
Picea omorika TOWER-HILL 01s - habit
Picea omorika VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 02s - habit
Picea omorika 'Nana' LGBG 01s - branchlet with new growth emerging from buds
Picea omorika VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 01s - cones
Picea orientalis USNA 01s - habit
Picea orientalis 'Aureo Spicata' LG 03s - habit
Picea orientalis 'Aureo Spicata' LG 01s - branchlets
Picea orientalis 'Gowdy' TOWER-HILL 07s - habit
Picea orientalis 'Gowdy' TOWER-HILL 01s - ovulate cones
Picea orientalis 'Gowdy' TOWER-HILL 06s - pollen cones sheding pollen
Picea orientalis 'Gowdy' TOWER-HILL 10s - immature pollen cones
Picea orientalis 'skylands' USNA01s - branchlets with needle leaves
Picea orientalis 'skylands' USNA03s - branchlets with mature cones
Picea pungens TGIV-PT-UT 01s - ovulate cone
Picea pungens ETSU 01s - habit
Picea pungens W-MA 01s - branchlets with new growth
Picea pungens 'Hunnewelliana' TOWER-HILL 02s - branchlet with growing shoot buds
Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' USNA 01s - habit, relatively young tree
Picea pungens 'Royal Knight' LGBG 03s - habit
Picea pungens 'Royal Knight' LGBG 02s - branch
Picea pungens VIETTE 01s - habit, a dwarf cultivar
Pinus bungeana VIETTE 02s - branch with pollen cones
Pinus bungeana LGBG 01s - tree trunk with patterned bark (spring)
Pinus bungeana USNA 01s - tree trunk with patterned bark (fall)
Pinus bungeana USNA 02s - habit
Pinus densiflora 'Oculis-Draconis' LGBG 03s - habit
Pinus densiflora 'Oculis-Draconis' LGBG 01s - needles close-up
Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera' TOWER-HILL 03s - habit (at pollination stage)
Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera' TOWER-HILL 02s - pollen cones and ovulate cones at pollination stage
Pinus flexilis RED-BUTTE-UT 01s - branchlets
Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid' USNA 03s - branchlets
Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid' VATECH 01s - branchlets and pollen strobili
Pinus mugo 2vars LGBG 01s - contrasting habit of two cultivars
Pinus mugo 'Mops' LGBG 01s - habit
Pinus mugo 'Mops' LGBG 02s - winter buds
Pinus mugo var mugo TOWER-HILL 02s - new stem growth and pollen cones
Pinus mugo var. pumilum VATECH 01s - habit
Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' LGBG 01s - ovulate cone, at pollination
Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' LGBG 02s - pollen cones
Pinus parviflora UR 02s - needles and mature ovulate cone
Pinus parviflora 'glauca' USNA 03s - needles and mature ovulate cone
Pinus parviflora 'aoi' USNA 01s - habit
Pinus parviflora 'Cleary' LGBG 05s - habit, young tree
Pinus strobus ETSU 01s - habit, mature specimen tree
Pinus strobus USNA 01s - habit, several mature specimen trees
Pinus strobus 'Pendula' LGBG 06s - habit
Pinus strobus 'Nana' LGBG 01s - dwarf cultivar habit
Pinus sylvestris 'Gold Coin' USNA 02s - branchlet
Pinus sylvestris 'Moseri' LGBG 03s - branchlet
Pinus taeda UR 04s - habit
Pinus taeda NBG 03s - habit
Pinus taeda NBG 05s - cones
Pinus thumbergii LGBG 02s - habit
Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' VATECH 02s - habit
Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' USNA 02s - needles and ovulate cone
Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' 3415 USNA 02s - winter buds (and partial view of immature ovulate cone)
Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' USNA 01s - mature ovulate cone
Pinus virginiana 4760-AN 01s - branchlet and cone
Pinus virginiana 4760 AN 05s - ovulate cone and needles
Pinus virginiana 'Waite's Golden' LGBG 05s - habit
Pinus wallichiana LGBG 02s - branch tips with drooping needles
Pinus wallichiana LGBG 03s - branch tips with drooping needles
Pinus wallichiana LGBG 01s - needles and ovulate cones
Pinus wallichiana VAN-DUSEN-BOT-GARD 03s - needles and ovulate cones
Pinus wallichiana USNA 01s - habit, old specimen grown in open area with "wolfish" lower branches
Pinus wallichiana 'Zebrina' LGBG 01s - branch tip with variegated needles
Pinus wallichiana 'Zebrina' LGBG 04s - habit
Pseudotsuga menziesii BUTTE CO CA 01s - habit
Pseudotsuga menziesii NITOBE-GARD 01s - bark
Pseudotsuga menziesii OR 02s - ovulate cone
Pseudotsuga menziesii W-MA 01s - mature ovulate cones
Sarcococca hookeriana LGBG 04s - habit
Sarcococca hookeriana LGBG 02s - flowers
Sarcococca hookeriana var digyna LGBG 02s - flowers
Sarcococca hookeriana var humilis LG 01s - flowers
Sarcococca hookeriana var humilis LG 02s - flowers
Sarcococca hookeriana var humilis NBG 03s - use as groundcover (deciduous specimen in center is Edgeworthia chrysantha)
Sciadopitys verticillata TOWER-HILL 01s - habit
Sciadopitys verticillata TOWER-HILL 02s - branch with needles
Sciadopitys verticillata LGBG 07s - pollen cones
Sciadopitys verticillata SMITHCOL 02s - mature ovulate cone
Taxus LG 03s - hedge
Taxus 01s - aril-covered seed
Taxus LG 02s - aril-covered seeds
Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' LGBG 01s - needle leaves and pollen cone buds
Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' LGBG 05s - habit, hedgerow
Taxus baccata 'Repandens' LG 01s - habit
Taxus baccata 'Walnong gold' VATECH 01s - habit
Taxus baccata 'Walnong gold' VATECH 03s - closeup of branchlets and needles
Taxus cuspidata SWEET-BRIAR-COL 03s - habit
Taxus cuspidata SWEET-BRIAR-COL 01s - branchlet and aril-covered seeds
Thuja occidentalis SMITHCOL 01s - habit
Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra' LGBG 02s - scale needles
Thuja occidentalis BARABOO 04s - ovulate cones
Thuja occidentalis TGIV-PT-UT 02s - ovulate cones, close-up
Thuja occidentalis 'Aurea Nana' VIETTE 01s - vertically oriented golden yellow branchlets
Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald Green' LG 02s - habit, young specimens, used as a hedge
Thuja orientalis CAL-ST-CHICO 01s - immature ovulate cones
Thuja orientalis LGBG 01s - branchlets and ovulate cone
Thuja orientalis LGBG 02s - mature ovulate cones
Thuja orientalis USNA 02s - branchlets with mature ovulate cones
Thuja orientalis LGBG 04s - branch with scale needles
Thuja orientalis 'Conspicua' NBG 01s - habit
Thuja X 'Green Giant' ETSU 01s - habit, young specimen
Thujopsis dolabrata TOWER-HILL 03S - habit
Thujopsis dolabrata USNA 01s - habit
Thujopsis dolabrata USNA 02s - habit
Thujopsis dolabrata TOWER-HILL 02s - scale leaves
Thujopsis dolabrata 'Variegata' BLITHEWOLD 01s - variegated branchlets
T hujopsis dolabrata 'Variegata' BLITHEWOLD 03s - habit
Tsuga canadensis Whitinsville 01s - leaves and near-mature but still green cone
Tsuga canadensis W-MA 01s - branch with needles (upper surfaces), immature pollen cones, mature ovulate cones
Tsuga canadensis W-MA 03s - branch with needles (lower surfaces), immature pollen cones, mature ovulate cones
Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula-sargentii' BLITHEWOLD 02s - habit
Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula-sargentii' BLITHEWOLD 01s - branching of mature specimen as seen from under the canopy
Tsuga caroliniana LGBG 01s - branchlets
Tsuga caroliniana LGBG 02s - branchlets
Tsuga caroliniana NBG 05s - branchlet (underside) and cone
X Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Gold Rush' LGBG 01s - habit
X Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Irish Mist' LGBG 02s - branch with scale leaves

Locations where photos were taken (codes embedded in photo file names):

Baraboo Hills, WI
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum, Bristol, RI
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton Regional Park, Wheaton, MD
Butte County, California
California State University, Chico, CA
East Killingly, CT
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Goochland Co, Virginia
Great Big Greenhouse & Nursery, Chesterfield Co.,VA
Henrico County, Virginia
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA
Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, PA
Millsaps College, Jackson, MI
Nitobe Garden, UBC campus, Vancouver, British Columbia
Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
Oregon
Powhatan Co, VA
Red Butte Botanical Garden, Salt Lake City, UT
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Sweet Briar College, Amherst, VA
Thanksgiving Point, UT
Tower Hill Botanical Garden, West Boylston, MA
United States National Arboretum, Washington, DC
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia
Viette's Nursery, Fishersville, VA
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Whitinsville, MA
4760 Anderson Highway, Powhatan Co, VA