Boulder Tree Care

Identifying Seeds and Fruits

Naming trees that commonly grow in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region by examining their seeds and fruits.

Click on images of Samaras, Seed Pods, Fruits, Berries, Cones and Nuts to enlarge. See: Conifers

Apple - Malus - Fruit - Leaves — Apples

Crabapple - Malus - Fruit - Leaves - Bark — Apple, Crabapple

Aspen tree with small red seeds. — Aspen ~ Seeds

Buckeye, Ohio - Fruit — Buckeye, Ohio ~ Fruit

western catalpa - seed pods — Catalpa, Western ~ Pods

Cottonwood, Plains ~ Seeds

Siberian Elm - Ulmus pumila - Samaras — Elm, Siberian – Samaras

Goldenraintree seedpod — Goldenraintree ~ Seeds

Hawthorn's have bright red fruit called Haws. — Hawthorn ~ Fruit

Kentucky Coffeetree - Seed Pods — Kentucky Coffeetree ~ Pods

Kentucky Coffeetree Seed — Coffeetree, Kentucky ~ Seed

American linden tree fruit — Linden, American ~ seeds

honeylocust seed pod — Locust, Honey ~ Seed Pods

Black Locust Pods — Locust, Black ~ Seed Pods

Maple, Boxelder - Samaras — Maple, Boxelder ~ Samaras

Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum - Seeds — Maple, Silver ~ Samaras

Mountain-ash, European ~ Fruit

The bright, red mulberries are ready to be harvested and eaten! — Mulberry ~ Edible Berries

Swamp white oak acorn. — Oak, Swamp White ~ Acorn

peach fruit — Peach Tree ~ Fruit

callery pear - Pyrus calleryana - Fruit - Bark - Leaf Tip — Pear, Callery ~ Fruit

pear bartlett - identify by fruit — Pear, Bartlett ~ Fruit

Poplar, Bolleana - Seeds — Poplar, Bolleana ~ Seeds

American sycamore fruit — Sycamore, American ~ Fruit

Staghorn Sumac Fruit — Sumac, Staghorn ~ Fruit

Tree of Heaven ~ Seed Pods

Black Walnut - Julans nigra - Walnut — Walnut, Black ~ Fruit

Conifers (cone bearing trees)

douglas fir cone — Douglas Fir

bristlecone pine cone — Pine, Bristlecone

bristlecone pine purple cone — Pine, Bristlecone

Pine, Pinyon

Scotch Pine Cone — Pine, Scotch

Colorado Blue Spruce Cone — Spruce, Colorado Blue – Cone