Those are the new growth, also called a terminal bud. Without them the branches and tips couldn’t grow.
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It’s just the tip of a vegetative shoot, containing leaf primordia (well, needle primordia). It can look confusingly similar to young female or male cones, but it’s not a reproductive structure. If you watch it closely, you’ll see how it transforms over time.
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Those are the new growth, also called a terminal bud. Without them the branches and tips couldn’t grow.
It’s just the tip of a vegetative shoot, containing leaf primordia (well, needle primordia). It can look confusingly similar to young female or male cones, but it’s not a reproductive structure. If you watch it closely, you’ll see how it transforms over time.
The terminal bud I think but also could be wrong
The new growth often referred to as a candle.