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Name: Luisa
Status: other
Grade: 4-5
Location: TX
Country: USA
Date: N/A
Question:
How can you determione that the female cone of any given pine tree has been fertilized?


Replies:
The female cones can be expected to be fertilized since pollen is abundant; the following link may be helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conifer_cone

The fertilized, mature cone contains seeds.

Anthony R. Brach, PhD
Missouri Botanical Garden
c/o Harvard University Herbaria



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