Gallery
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A pine cone covered in ice after an ice storm.
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Male cones of a pine
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A classic example of a Lebanese Cedar cone.
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Immature female pine cone
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Pollen cone of a Japanese Larch
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Pineapple gall on Sitka Spruce caused by Adelges abietis.
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Dozens of male cones (orange and flower-like) occur in a cluster; the female cone is still immature (olive green). Lodgepole Pine.
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Blue spruce with cones
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Young female cones of loblolly pine receptive for pollination.
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Loblolly pine male cones ready to cast pollen.
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Cross section of maturing shortleaf pine cone showing seeds (arrows).
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Loblolly pine branch with cones of different ages; 2-yr old cones will disperse seeds during fall and winter.
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Cluster of immature pine cones on Fire Island.
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Cluster of Norway Spruce cones on HokkaidÅ.
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—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
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