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The Great Plant Escape Glossary Green Links

Do All Plants Use Flowers to Reproduce?

Correct! A pine tree is a conifer--a type of plant that uses cones to reproduce. The pollen from smaller male cones is blown by the wind to the eggs in the larger female cones.

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If you've solved the mystery, go on to take a close look at a flower!