Cone Collection

As a hobby, I collect the woody, seed-bearing cones of gymnosperm plants (a.k.a. pine cones, although many do not come from pine trees). I have photographed most of my collection of 30+ species and shared them here.

Genus Larix

Larches
Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch)
Larix sibirica (Siberian Larch)
Larix laricina (Tamarack)

Genus Picea

Spruces
Picea abies (Norwegian Spruce)
Picea glauca (White Spruce)
Picea mariana (Black Spruce)
Picea engelmannii (Engelmann Spruce)
Picea pungens (Blue Spruce)
Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce)

Genus Pinus

Pines
Pinus edulis (Colorado Pinyon)
Pinus monophylla (Single-leaf Pinyon)
Pinus longaeva (Great Basin Bristlecone Pine)
Pinus aristata (Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine)
Pinus lambertiana (Sugar Pine) – tallest pine species with longest cones of any conifer
Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine)
Pinus flexilis (Limber Pine)
Pinus strobiformis (Southwestern White Pine)
Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa Pine)
Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey Pine)
Pinus contorta (Lodgepole Pine)
Pinus sabiniana (Gray Pine)
Pinus rigida (Pitch Pine)
Pinus virginiana (Virginia Pine)
Pinus canariensis (Canary Island Pine)
Pinus brutia (Turkish Pine)
Pinus halepensis (Aleppo Pine)
Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine)
Pinus resinosa (Red Pine)
Pinus coulteri (Coulter Pine) – heaviest cone of any species

Genus Tsuga

Hemlocks
Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock)
Tsuga mertensiana (Mountain Hemlock)

Genus Pseudotsuga

Douglas-firs
Pseudotsuga menziessi (Douglar-Fir)
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Bigcone Douglar-Fir)

Family Cupressaceae (Mixed Genus)

Cypress family
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood)
Sequoia sempervirens (Coast Redwood)
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia)
Cupressus sempervirens (Italian Cypress)