Identifying trees by FRUIT and SEEDS

Tree Fruit and Seeds Identification

Identify fruits and seeds that grow on trees in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region.

Images of Samaras, Seed Pods, Fruits, Berries, Cones and Nuts

See: Conifers

Apple - Malus - Fruit - Leaves
Crabapple - Malus - Fruit - Leaves - Bark
Aspen tree with small red seeds.
Buckeye, Ohio - Fruit
western catalpa - seed pods
Cottonwood, Plains ~ Seeds
Siberian Elm - Ulmus pumila - Samaras
Goldenraintree seedpod
Hawthorn's have bright red fruit called Haws.
Kentucky Coffeetree - Seed Pods
Kentucky Coffeetree Seed
American linden tree fruit
honeylocust seed pod
Black Locust Pods
Maple, Boxelder - Samaras
Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum - Seeds
The bright, red mulberries are ready to be harvested and eaten!
Swamp white oak acorn.
peach fruit
callery pear - Pyrus calleryana - Fruit - Bark - Leaf Tip
pear bartlett - identify by fruit
Poplar, Bolleana - Seeds
American sycamore fruit
Staghorn Sumac Fruit
Tree of Heaven ~ Seed Pods
Black Walnut - Julans nigra - Walnut

Conifers (cone bearing trees)

douglas fir cone
bristlecone pine cone
bristlecone pine purple cone
Pine, Pinyon
Scotch Pine Cone
Colorado Blue Spruce Cone

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