Larch seeds?

[Branching out]

Hi Everybody,

I went on a walk with my daughter this afternoon (the only thing that we are “allowed” to do other than go to the grocery store) and came across a tree with these little cones but no leaves or needles. Based on my quick research, it appears to be a larch.. I wasn’t thinking and forgot to take a photo of the tree but I have a few cones/seeds to help ID. Any help would be appreciated and someone’s advice on whether it would even be worth trying to propagate would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

[leatherback]

I think you have an Alder seedcone there to be honest/

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Looks a lot like Alder. The Alnus family.
Larch cones have a more folded and rose like structure with overlapping parts.

 

[Forsoothe!]

If it was a Larch, it was decidua (that size cone, ~1" long), they grow in long clusters, sometimes a foot or more long. Laricina are half as long, about a half inch and almost round, and usually singular or pairs (as I have seen them on bonsai trees).

 

[leatherback]

If it was a Larch, it was decidua (that size cone, ~1" long), they grow in long clusters, sometimes a foot or more long. Laricina are half as long, about a half inch and almost round, and usually singular or pairs (as I have seen them on bonsai trees).

It is not larch.

 

[eryk2kartman]

Seeds itself are different, defo not a larch.

 

[Woocash]

Worth a go propagating anyway. Soak for 24hrs, stick ‘em in the fridge for a month in damp but not wet kitchen towel or equivalent then pop ‘em on top of some moist seed compost and cover with a fine layer of vermiculite. Put them in a nice bright window and wait. Keep the soil moist. There are plenty of other methods but this works for me.

I’ve not grown alder seeds before but the trees themselves like it damp or even wet and grow in wetlands, along rivers, boggy land etc. They might tolerate or like a wetter germination than most.