STEP 1: Attach a pine cone to a secure location outside. STEP 2: Record the humidity for your location from weather.gov and whether the pine cone is open or closed each day. Represent your data in a ...

The first fossil evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds has been preserved in 40 million-year-old amber. Seed germination typically occurs in the ground after a seed has fallen, but several embryonic ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KOIN) — Researchers with Oregon State University have discovered seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pinecone. The phenomenon is caused by a rare botanical condition called ...

New research has uncovered the first fossil evidence of a rare botanical condition known as precocious germination in which seeds sprout before leaving the fruit. Oregon State University research has ...

From southern Africa's pineapple lily to Western Australia's swamp bottlebrush, flowering plants are everywhere. Also called angiosperms, they make up 90 percent of all land-based, plant life. New ...

Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says ...

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STEP 2: Record the humidity for your location from weather.gov and whether the pine cone is open or closed each day. Represent your data in a table. STEP 3: After two weeks, graph your data. What ...

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