March 27, 2026

Male pollen cones of Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana).

Compared to the female seed cones that we are more familiar with, male pollen cones are smaller, softer, in larger clusters, than female cones. In central Virginia pollen cones release their yellow pollen into the wind from mid-March through May.

The pollen cones soon turn brown and wither away, after sending their pollen into the air.

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