But more pine cones can also mean the trees are producing more reproductive seeds as a way to deal with the stress of a dry or changing climate. It’s a matter of survival: The tougher, drier the ...

I had assumed that such a large cone must surely originate in some exotic place far from here. Turns out, however, that this is the cone of the Coulter pine (or big cone pine), a species that ...

One of the simplest examples of how plants adapt to ensure that their species survives is found in pine cones. Evergreen trees that produce cones are called conifers. There are more than 600 ...

Stresses of the weather are forcing conifers in northern Indiana to produce more pine cones to produce seeds as a defense mechanism.

Austrian pine tends to be found in urban environments, has a stocky appearance and has darker bark. The DNR’s Forest Trees of ...

The white pine, Pinus strobus to scientists, is not Wisconsin’s state tree symbol. But it could have been.

On the tree, cones are cylindrical and pointed at the ends, approximately three inches long and do not have spines at the end of the scales. Cones become more egg shaped as the scales begin to open up ...

A University of Maine professor explains the factors contributing to an abundance of eastern white pine cones that grew on trees last fall and dropped to the ground over the past few months.

The fossilized pine cone is from an extinct species of pine tree called Pinus cembrifolia. Preserved in Baltic amber, clusters of needles are visible, some in bundles of five.

Q: At a Don Pedro’s in Beaverton there’s a pine tree that doesn’t lose its cones; it looks like they are grafted on it. I cut a limb as a souvenir, plus it looks awesome as an art piece.