Is this a Spruce staminate cone?
 

Source is a Colorado Blue Spruce located in Santa Fe.

http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/Spruce1.jpg
http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/Spruce2.jpg
http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/Spruce3.jpg

Is this an expired pollenator cone? I searched all over the internet
but found no example of this type of cone. These are a little longer
than 1cm long not including the spines.

-- Gnarlie

Is this a Spruce staminate cone?
 

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:35:21 -0700 (PDT), Gnarlodious
wrote:
Source is a Colorado Blue Spruce located in Santa Fe.


http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/Spruce1.jpg
http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/Spruce2.jpg
http://etc.Gnarlodious.com/Images/Pictures/Spruce3.jpg


Is this an expired pollenator cone? I searched all over the internet
but found no example of this type of cone. These are a little longer
than 1cm long not including the spines.


It looks like a Cooley Spruce Gall. They are caused by adelgids.

Sean

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Is this a Spruce staminate cone?
 

On Apr 12, 3:54*pm, Sean Houtman wrote:

It looks like a Cooley Spruce Gall. They are caused by adelgids.

YES! Thank you, that's it!
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05534.html
It must be that the aphid's saliva produces a quasi-pinecone growth of
the stem, because they look remakabley like cones.

-- Gnarlie