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You’ll Never Guess What Will Happen When You Hang a Pine Cone in Your Garden
Pine cones are made of scales that naturally open and close in response to moisture in the air. When the air is dry, the ...
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Scientists develop pine cone-inspired technology with revolutionary capabilities — here's how it could transform future buildings
This opening and closing mechanism is found in pine cones, which utilize this capability for seed dispersal. After over a year of testing, the Solar Gate was installed on the livMatS Biomimetic ...
Pocahontas Times14d
The clever cones of conifers
Laura Dean Bennett Staff Writer These days, when we think of pinecones we think about crafts or home décor, but they can be used for so much more. Evergreen trees provide food, shelter and nesting ...
DNR seeking jack pine and black spruce cones
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is purchasing black spruce pine cones at a rate of $200 per bushel and jack pine cones for $60 per bushel. "The DNR's seed shelves are bare, and over the ...
Grand Rapids Herald-Review14d
Help Reforest Minnesota: The DNR needs your pine cones
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is calling on the public to help with an important task—collecting pine ...
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Within-Crown Distribution of Cone and Seed Insect Damage to Slash Pine Flowers, Conelets, and Cones
The numbers of female strobili attacked by the slash pine flower thrips ... of Laspeyresia larvae per cone, did not vary significantly between levels or among quadrants. The proportion of full, empty, ...
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Background to setting
Figure caption, Calum and Neil are paid to retrieve pine-cones They must collect pine-cone seed, so that when the forest is cut down for the war effort, the trees can be replanted. Times are hard ...