Acorns and Pinecones

An Acorn is the nut of an oak tree and contains one seed. For the pinecone, the familiar "craft cone" is the female which produces seeds and the male produces pollen, there are both from a pine tree. On a pine tree, the female cones are located higher on the tree, this is thought to improve chances of cross-fertilization. The female cone seeds then have small "wings" that allow them to floar through the air to a likely fertilization spot. Acorns on the other hand are much to large and heavy to be carried through the wind therefore they rely on animals such as squirrals to desperse them. The small animals will pick up the seeds and carry them to other locations.