DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Male pine cones produce pollen, which is like a powder. The male cones release their pollen, which is carried around the air by blowing wind, and hopefully to another female pine cone on a different pine tree. If the pollen reaches a female pine cone, this process is called pollination.

Detailed explanation-2: -The male (pollen) cones are much smaller (1/2”), papery and light in color. They are borne in clusters and have tightly overlapping scales that open up when the pollen is mature, releasing massive amounts of pollen into the air which is distributed by the wind.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pines, like many other conifers, produce separate male (microsporangiate) and female (macrosporangiate) cones. In many pines, male and female cones are located on different branch types; females mainly on vertical apical branches and males on lateral branches located in the middle and lower parts of the crown.