The typically dry condition of late summer and fall is the trigger that causes most cones to ripen, open and distribute their seeds to the wind. Most new pine trees begin when the tiny seeds are ...

I discovered they were tiny worms about one-eighth to three ... The adults emerge from the soil in February and lay eggs on the male cone buds of pine trees. Pine trees produce male cones, which ...

There is a problem affecting pine trees in Nebraska: pine wilt. Pine wilt is caused by a tiny organism that can ... needles in a fascicle and the pine cones are prickly. If you count two needles ...

The tiny pine cones forming in these carefully-bred trees-so tiny, they're called "conelets"-will grow into the forests that provide wood products for future generations 20 years from now.

You might wonder why pine trees' seeds need protecting and how the cone helps. Pine seeds are very small and attached to the end of wing-shaped membranes. The pine cone's protection mechanism is ...

We had a mysterious pine tree not too long ago ... and they are sometimes called "seed" cones. The seed cones of this pine are pretty small, again compared to other pine species, usually no ...

You may be wondering how to grow a pine tree from a pine cone. Well, you’re in luck because growing pine trees from seed is an easy way to produce lots of trees economically. Is it possible to ...

If you have pine trees in your yard or neighborhood you couldn't miss the masses of mature cones strewn over your lawn, the streets, and on the sidewalks this past fall making a much larger than ...