Also used to designate cross partitions at the internodes of pith stems. A fleshy, indehiscent fruit with a bony, usually one-seeded endocarp like a peach. A subspecies or race especially adapted to an environment. With the outline of an ellipse, about two times as long as broad. With a shallow notch at the apex.
Branches are in whorls with a strong central leader resulting in a pyramidal growth pattern.
Spruce trees and many other conifers have excurrent branching patterns. The outer layer of the pericarp. Not native but introduced from another country. Flat and curved, coming to a point. A crack or crevice in bark resulting from trunk expansion and growth.