Long Needle Pine

This Long Needle Pine is coping as best it can with the August heat.  These large cones appear only on the sunny side of the tree, but the trade off is they must seek shade behind the thin, wispy needles.  However, it has also been suggested that these cones are shy.  At night, when all is quiet in Central Park, they brush away the needles and bathe in starlight.
robino squiva pinecone (3 of 3)
Long Needle Pine behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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