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Why are insects and birds attracted to flowers but not pine cones?
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∙ 10y ago
Flowers attract by smell and color, but some birds are attracted to pine cones, like the various species of finches called crossbills.
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What conifers produce cones?
This is a redundant question, as the very meaning of conifers is that they are trees that produce cones. All conifers produce cones, like, for example, pine trees produce pine cones.
Do chipmunks eat pine cones?
rats do not eat pine cones
What kind of animal builds mud cones?
mud cones formed by pellets of mud
Why do dogs wear cones?
Dogs wear cones to stop them from licking a wound or an infection and to protect their skin
Do Birds have good eyesight and hearing?
Yes birds have good hearing but they tend to things differently to us these 'ears' are not ears at all, however, and have nothing to do with hearing.There is a structure called fovea located in the centre of the retina in the human eye. It has a high density of cones and is responsible for sharp eyesight (being able to read). Dogs and cats have no fovea.
Do cherry blossoms produce flowers or cones?
The cherry tree (various varieties) produce flowers. The flowers attract flying insects that cross pollinate the trees. Once pollinated, the cherry tree produces a fruit known as a cherry. They do not produce cones!
Do ferns have cones or flowers?
No, ferns do not have cones or flowers.
How would you classify plant that is vascular does not have flowers and produces seeds in cones?
Conifers produce cones and not flowers.
What are capsule cones and flowers for?
No
Are pine cones flowers?
no
Do all mimosa trees get flowers or do some get cones?
flowers
Do any pine trees have flowers before pine cones?
no, pine trees are gymnosperms and only produce cones, never flowers
Does apple trees produce flower or cones?
Apple trees produce apple blossoms, which when pollinated, then produce the fruit. Only trees with needles produce cones with seeds, some of which are edible, but not as fruit -- as nuts.
What is in the bangs mountain squirrels diet?
Nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruit, fungi, green vegetation, insects, eggs, baby snakes, baby birds, and smaller rodents.
Why pine cones are not colorful?
because gymnosperms rely on the mass production of pollen and wind for pollen transfer and pollination. as insects play a relatively small roll in the transfer of pollen there is no necessity for the plant to expend energy on producing colourful cones (as is the case with angiosperms and flowers).
What is the name of a tree which produces cones instead of flowers?
A tree that produces cones instead of flowers is called a "conifer". Most conifers are evergreens, but not all of them. These cones are produced to protect their seeds. Eventually the cones open up and the seeds fall out.
Do conifers have seeds?
Conifers don't produce real flowers. However they do produce "flower-like pollen."
