Usage examples (37)

• Lodgepoles also have special serotinous cones that are coated with a hard waxy substance.
• Many boreal trees and other plants show adaptations to fire such as seed dormancy until fire, serotinous cones, fire-resistant bark, and sprouting habit.
• Evidence suggests that severe, frequent fires have selected for a distinct genotype of pitch pine, with reduced apical dominance of trees and highly serotinous cones.
• These are the peculiar serotinous cones of the genus.