The structure of cones and seeds of conifers.

Cones can be male or female. Conifers are usually monoecious, so both male and female cones develop in the same plant. Male bumps are found mainly in the axils of the leaves. Female cones are rarely located one at a time, more often compactly.
The seeds of conifers are formed in the cones.
The cone consists of an axis – a rod, and scales are placed on it. If the cone is female, then the ovules lie on the scales. An ovum is formed in each of them. Unprotected scales. The female cone is often located at the top of the shoot.
The male cone is located at the base of the young shoot on the same branch as the female cones. The male cone also consists of an axis, scales and pollen sacs, where male reproductive cells mature. Reproduction in cones is sexual, that is, by seeds. Pollination + fertilization.
The seed spills out at the end of winter about six months after fertilization (pollen gets on the female cone)
The female cone becomes brown, increases in size and moves apart at mature scales. Each seed has a wing inside, which allows the seed to be carried by the wind.