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WHAT IS THE Difference between male and female pine cones?
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.
What are the seeds of a Christmas trees or pine trees called?
Pine trees have cones. There are male cones, which are smaller (about 1-5 cm), and female cones, which are larger (3-60 cm). The male cones contain pollen. The female cones have ovules, which become seeds when fertilized by pollen from a male cone.
Do male pine cones produce seeds?
no they produce pollen
What does a pine seed consists of?
pine cones
Are there male and female pine cones?
ALL pine trees are cone-bearing -that's where the pine-nuts come from. AND that is WHY they are classified as coniferous.(Coniferous means cone bearing.)
Why are there two kinds of cones on the same pine tree?
More than likely what you are seeing are male and female pine cones which sometimes look different even if they are the same species.
What is found on a pine tree?
Roots, trunk, branches, twigs , needles and cones.
Do pine cones have babies?
Pine cones are where the seeds for new pine trees develop.
What do cones do?
Male pine cones produce pollen that contains sperm cells. Female cones produce 2 seeds per scale after they are pollinated and then fertilized by the pollen grains.
How the locations of male and female cones in Pinus can ensure the success of pollination?
The male gametophyte of pine develops in cluster at the tip of lower branches of the cones tree. The location of staminate cones ensures the success of pollination by cross fertilization.
How locations of female and male cones in the pinus can ensure the success of pollination?
The male gametophyte of pine develops in cluster at the tip of lower branches of the cones tree. The location of staminate cones ensures the success of pollination by cross fertilization.
Why do pine cones close?
If a pine cones touch water it will close.
