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Douglas fir cone

Wind pollination

How different plants store their seeds

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Roses flowers plant colorful rose

Do Plants Have Sexes?

Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

Do Plants Feel Pain?

Anemone coronaria, the poppy anemone, Spanish marigold, or windflower, is a species of flowering plant.

What’s the Difference Between Angiosperms and Gymnosperms?

Sunlight shining on leaves. Photosynthesis

What Does Photosynthesis Produce?

Palm House conservatory of Kew Gardens, London, England. (formal garden, glass house, greenhouse)

How Botanical Gardens Save Plants with Science

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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

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Assorted References

artificial regeneration
- In forestry: Gymnosperms

characteristics of

conifers
- In conifer: Strobili
cycadophytes
- In cycadophyte: Sporophylls and strobili
cypresses
- In cypress
Equisetopsida
- In Equisetopsida: General features
gnetophytes
- In gnetophyte: Reproductive structures and function
gymnosperms
lycophytes
- In lycophyte: General features
Pinaceae
- In Pinaceae
pines
- In pine
spike moss
- In spike moss: Physical description

Article Contributors

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added images of pinecones.	Melissa Petruzzello	May 12, 2015
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Cone.	Grace Young	Nov 23, 2011
	Added image of Douglas fir cone.	Richard Pallardy	Jan 26, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	William L. Hosch	Sep 03, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998