That's because pinecones, a type of gymnosperm, are resistant to mold and fungi, making them an excellent choice to use in and around the garden. They can be used for everything from improving soil ...

The Jurassic was a world dominated by gymnosperm plants, such as conifers, which produced sugary nectar to capture pollen from the air. The primitive insects may have fed on this nectar ...

Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) is an understory shrub typically found in late successional forests. This gymnosperm is very shade tolerant and will often form dense layers near the forest floor. Canada ...

A lot of the gymnosperm diversity has died out and what we see today are only the remnants of the group. The equator and low latitude tropics are now the most biodiverse regions on Earth. But in the ...

The "All Things in Seeds: The 2024 Chenshan Botanical Garden Seed Exhibition" features more than 300 exhibits, including the ...

Softwood mills convert softwood into lumber and other finished products. Softwood refers to timber from gymnosperm trees and does not necessarily denote a "softer" material. Cedar, pine, redwood, and ...

Also known as the joint pine or Mormon tea, Ephedra foeminea is a gymnosperm, a group of ancient, flowerless plants that rely on insects for pollination. Without flowers or other lures, the joint pine ...

Two-thirds of the world's food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens ...