Conifer Life Cycle Basics
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A conifer bears separate pollen cones and seed cones on one tree; wind carries pollen to the seed cone, where fertilization occurs.
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Pine pollen released in spring drifts on wind currents until some grains land near an ovule inside a receptive cone.
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Wind pollination is inefficient by design — a conifer compensates by releasing far more pollen than an insect-pollinated plant needs.