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Fir tree abnormalities #741827
Asked March 31, 2021, 4:23 PM EDT
Washington County Oregon
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Dear Shirley,
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YOUR QUESTION #0011758:
Fir tree abnormalities
is it natural to have this kind of growth on the back of fir branches? I had a large branch break off yesterday afternoon.Ask Extension offers one-to-one expert answers from Cooperative Extension/University staff and volunteers within participating Land-Grant institutions across the United States.
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Greetings,
Unfortunately it looks like the photos did not attach. Are you able to re-save them as a smaller size so that you can attach to your reply here?
If not, you can try to email them to me and I will see if I can attach. Teagan<personal data hidden>
Shirley,
I am attaching photos to this reply and opening the question back up so we can assign it for response.
Hello, thanks for attaching the photos. Those swellings are male cones, where the pollen will come from. The past years pollen cones left short stubs and this years pollen cones are the swollen looking buds. So nothing to worry about. I assume these are from higher up in the tree crown which is where pollen cones are most common. Here is a short blog on the two types of cones on conifers (seed cones and pollen cones) ; https://www.treespnw.com/resources/2017/4/11/what-are-cones and a website on grand fir, with a picture of pollen cones on the far right at top.https://www.treespnw.com/resources/2017/4/11/what-are-cones
I hope this is helpful.
