Types of Pine Cones
A mature female Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone Immature male or pollen cones of Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum) A cone (in formal botanical usage: strobilus, plural strobili) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta that contains the reproductive structures.
Araucaria angustifolia cones (pinhas) and nuts (pinhões) Dry male cones It is a popular garden tree in subtropical areas, planted for its unusual effect of the thick, 'reptilian' branches with a very symmetrical appearance.
Berry-like Podocarpus cone The cones of the Podocarpaceae are similar in function, though not in development, to those of the Taxaceae (q.v. below), being berry-like with the scales highly modified, evolved to attract birds into dispersing the seeds.
Berry-like yew cone Members of the yew family and the closely related Cephalotaxaceae have the most highly modified cones of any conifer. There is only one scale in the female cone, with a single poisonous ovule.
Members of the pine family (pine, spruce, fir and cedar) have cones with overlapping scales. Members of the cypress family (cypress, juniper and redwoods) have scales which are completely fused. Members of the cypress family (cypress, juniper and redwoods) have scales which are completely fused.
The Black Spruce has roundish dark-purple cones that are ½ to 1 ½ inches long. The cones grow around the top of the tree. The Red Spruce has reddish-brown cones that are around 1 ½ inches long and are rough in texture. The White Spruce has thin cones that are about 1 ¼ to 2 inches in length. Its cones are light brown and very flexible.