COMPLETE STATIC EDITION
Eight trees · sixteen form studies · eight supplementary sections · twelve trait plates.
Original botanical illustrations. No collected Bryce specimens, scans or field measurements. Shape, color, scale count and interior layout are schematic. All illustrations are enlarged independently.
DRAWER 01 · Pinaceae
Raised woody scales, often with a short prickle.
A broad cone with robust scale faces. The small central point varies; it is not equally sharp on every scale.
Pinus ponderosa
Cone length: 50–150 mm. Species-wide range; not a Bryce population measurement.
Seed body: 4–9 mm. Seed body; occasional 3 mm bodies also reported.
15–25 mm wing. Cone source · Seed source
DRAWER 02 · Pinaceae
A compact cone with large, blunt scale faces.
The opened cone becomes rounded and broad. Its large wingless seeds contrast with the winged ponderosa seed.
Pinus edulis
Cone length: 35–50 mm. About 40 mm in the FNA account; endpoints include its parenthetical limits.
Seed body: 10–15 mm. Seed body only.
Wingless. Cone source · Seed source
DRAWER 03 · Pinaceae
Thick, smooth scale ends without prickles.
The long cone and unarmed scales separate this form from the smaller bristled cone in the next drawer.
Pinus flexilis
Cone length: 70–150 mm. Range-wide cone length.
Seed body: 10–15 mm. Seed body only; a small residual wing may occur.
Wingless or nearly so. Cone source · Seed source
DRAWER 04 · Pinaceae
Slender bristles rise from thickened scale faces.
A pointed outline carries the namesake bristles. Their described length is 1–6 mm; the drawing uses a 5 mm example.
Pinus longaeva
Cone length: 60–95 mm. Range-wide cone length; bristles are variable.
Seed body: 5–8 mm. Seed body only.
10–12 mm wing. Cone source · Seed source
DRAWER 05 · Pinaceae
Three-pointed bracts project between the scales.
Each bract has a long middle tip and two shorter side tips. It is a separate structure from the rounded seed scale.
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca
Cone length: 40–70 mm. Rocky Mountain variety glauca; not the larger coastal variety.
Seed body: 5–6 mm. Species-level seed body range. Wing drawn 1.8× body for explanation; only “longer” is sourced.
Wing longer than body. Cone source · Seed source
DRAWER 06 · Pinaceae
Upright cylindrical cones with overlapping fan-shaped scales.
A fir cone comes apart scale by scale. The central axis stays on the branch after the scales and seeds separate.
Abies concolor
Cone length: 70–120 mm. FNA also reports width 30–45 mm. Drawing uses 37.5 mm.
Seed body: 8–12 mm. Seed body only; wing length is approximate, not an independently measured interval.
Wing about 2× body. Cone source · Seed source
DRAWER 07 · Pinaceae
Thin, flexible scales give the cone a papery edge.
The mature cone hangs down. The wavy scale margins in this drawing emphasize texture; they are not a microscope record.
Picea pungens
Cone length: 64–102 mm. USDA FEIS range; other botanical accounts use somewhat different endpoints.
Seed body: about 3 mm. Approximate value in USDA FEIS, not a measured range or Bryce sample.
Wing about 2× body. Cone source · Seed source
DRAWER 08 · Cupressaceae
A rounded cone whose scales are fused together.
Its berry-like outline belongs to a cone. A pale waxy bloom covers a darker surface; two seeds are a typical example.
Juniperus scopulorum
Cone diameter: 6–9 mm across. Diameter, not cone length. Much smaller than the woody cones.
Seed body: 4–5 mm. Individual seed body; number per cone usually two, occasionally one or three.
Wingless. Cone source · Seed source
Separate woody scales and fused berry-like scales are both cone structures. Juniper is shown enlarged independently.
Both points belong to the scale. Bristlecone prickles vary from 1–6 mm; a ponderosa scale may carry only a small point.
Pinyon and limber pine have thickened, unarmed scale faces. Cone size and seed traits supply additional clues.
The long middle tip and two shorter tips belong to a bract beneath the seed scale. They are not three seeds.
Blue spruce has thin, flexible scales. Ponderosa has thickened scale faces. The textures are drawn schematically.
Mature Douglas-fir seed cones hang; true fir seed cones stand upright. This compares mature posture, not an entire growth cycle.
True fir releases its scales individually. The persistent axis explains why a complete cone is not its usual final form.
In the pine family, each fertile scale has two seed positions on its upper face. Not every position becomes a filled seed.
Ponderosa has a long wing; pinyon is wingless. These enlarged portraits compare structure, not equal magnification.
The seed body and its wing are different measurements. Spruce is about 3 mm; white fir is 8–12 mm, excluding the wing.
Published intervals describe variation across source treatments. They are not local averages. Juniper uses diameter; the others use length.
Fused cone tissue surrounds usually two wingless seeds, sometimes one or three. This section is an explanatory layout.
Original botanical illustrations. No collected Bryce specimens, scans or field measurements. Shape, color, scale count and interior layout are schematic. Dimensions come from published descriptions; they are not measurements made here. Color and posture vary with maturity. This is a form study, not a complete identification key. No eating, collecting or propagation guidance is provided.
REFERENCE SHELF
Botanical descriptions guide the traits. Park references establish context; these drawings do not document individual trees.
Park context for seven named conifers; white fir also mentioned in the forest description.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.White fir occurs in the Bryce forest. No individual tree coordinates retained.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Species-level cone length 5–15 cm, seed body (3–)4–9 mm, wing 15–25 mm; woody raised scales and variable prickles.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Cone length 3.5–5 cm (about 4 cm); seed body 10–15 mm and wingless; broad open cone and raised scales.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Cone length 7–15 cm; seed body 10–15 mm, wingless or nearly so; thick scale ends without prickles.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Cone length 6–9.5 cm; seed body 5–8 mm and wing 10–12 mm; slender stiff prickles 1–6 mm.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Rocky Mountain variety glauca cone length 4–7 cm and spreading/reflexed bracts; species seed length 5–6 mm, wing longer than body.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Pendent seed cones and three-lobed bracts with longer central cusp; genus-level anatomy.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Cone length 7–12 cm, width 3–4.5 cm; seed body 8–12 mm; wing about twice as long as body; included bracts.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Upright seed cones shed individual scales, leaving the central axis; fan-shaped scales.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Cone length 6.4–10.2 cm with thin flexible scales; seed about 3 mm, about half the wing length. Sources differ; no false seed range is inferred.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Mature seed cones become pendent; young pollination-stage posture differs.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Cone diameter 6–9 mm; seeds 4–5 mm; usually two, sometimes one or three; blue waxy surface.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Fused fleshy or fibrous seed-cone scales; wingless seeds.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.Spiral bract-scale complexes, two seed positions on the upper face of each fertile scale; distinct scale and bract.
Checked 2026-10-02. Factual paraphrase only. No source photographs, maps or drawings are reused.
