POLLEN, SEEDS, AND PLANT REPRODUCTION 4.Life cycle of Selaginella 5.General features of plant reproductive development and ecology 6.Life Cycle of the pines 7.Origin of the seed
Abies amabilis - Oregon Pinus edulis - New Mexico
Pinus elliottii - Georgia coastPinus ponderosa - Colorado mts.
Pinus aristata - Colorado Sequoia sempervirens - Calif.
POLLEN AND SEED CONES OF A PINE Seed cones pollen cones
Pollen Cones on a pine tree
Pine pollen in hand.
dispersed pollen Male gametophyte growing in nucellus early pollen
The target of the pollen is the ovule -- near the axis of the seed cone.
POLLEN, SEEDS, AND PLANT REPRODUCTION 4.Life cycle of Selaginella 5.General features of plant reproductive development and ecology 6.Life Cycle of the pines 7.Origin of the seed
COAL MEASURE SEQUENCE AT POINT ACONI, CAPE BRETON ISLAND. COAL SHALE (MUD STONE) with scattered leaf fossils SHALE with rootbearing Fossils in place
Seed fern fossils provide cluews to the origin of the seed.
Reconstruction of the seed fern Medullosa.
Reconstructions of seed fern seeds
Origin of the Seed.