Female and male trees  Michael L Roginsky d_micro at
ix.netcom.com Wed Dec 27 15:35:35 EST 1995  In
<mturner.557.00046647 at acpub.duke.edu> mturner at
acpub.duke.edu (mel turner) writes:  >In article
<E0181001330656705252000847 at TEXAS> petor at texas.snafu.de
(Peter Hein) writes: >>Hello there! >>How can I distinguish
between female and male trees. Do all common >>have male and
female counterparts? >     Some familiar kinds do have separate
"male" and "female" plants >botanical word for this is
"dioecious"], but most don't.  You can tell >easily -- do some
trees  produce all the pollen, and other trees >all the seeds
[fruits or seed cones]?   >     Some dioecious examples: Ginkgo;
red cedar [Juniperus]; date >[Phoenix];  wax myrtles [Myrica];
poplars [Populus]; hollies [Ilex]; >cycads; marijuana
[Cannabis]; etc... >>>Don't forget to include pear and apple
trees. Some species require cross polination to bear fruit.
Othewise all you get is flowers and later firewood as you get
smart and cut them down...per