Where will the female pine cones be loacted on the pine tree?

Question

Where will the female pine cones be loacted on the pine tree?

Answer 1

Hi Amanda,

The female cones (what we normally think of as a "pine cone") tend to be located higher on the pine tree, while the male cones tend to be located lower on the tree. As the female cones are wind pollinated, this is an adaptation to encourage cross-pollination (rather than self-pollination where the male cones of a tree pollinate the female cones of the same tree).

The male cones are small (about 1" long, red-colored, cone-shaped clusters) and usually overlooked or not understood by most people. Many people mistake them for "baby" female cones.

I hope this helps you.

Hiking Tony

Answer 2

I can only presume you where wanting this information for the purposes of learning about seed collection and growing,the term female pine cones is not relevant as far as i am aware..

here are some links may help you

I have worked in a forestry for a time and one of the technicians was telling me,that the seeds from a tree produce an exact copy

of the tree you pick them off.    .