Squirrels eat them. What is left will decompose.
they somtimes rot away into the ground or get eaten by creatures
pine cones become varous sizes
they fall off
once a year, annually, in fall/autumn
The Seeds of the Pine Tree … when the seeds mature, the pine cone opens, and the seed fall out.
Pine cones are in season in late autumn and early winter. Pine cones can be collected and cleaned to be used for arts and crafts projects. Dry and firm, not wet and soggy, are the best pine cones to collect.
No, it does not because the only thing that happens is, when the pine cones come off the tree when its raining hard they do not get damaged or anything.
pine cones
The Seeds of the Pine Tree … when the seeds mature, the pine cone opens, and the seed fall out.
The pine cones that you are familiar with are probably female pine cones. You probably have never noticed male pine cones because they are much smaller and don't look much like the female pine cones. Male pine cones are much smaller and produce pollen grains. Female pine cones contain the egg. The pollen is carried from the male pine cones to the female pine cones by the wind.
Roots, trunk, branches, twigs , needles and cones.
Sunflowers= Brownish seeds blow off the flower in the wind and the seeds fall to the soil. Pine Trees= Pine cones expel seeds which fall to the soil.
Pine cones are where the seeds for new pine trees develop.