Pinaceae -- the pine family (9-12/210; cosmopolitan) Ferns and Gymnosperms Plants seed plants, monoecious Habit shrubs or trees Leaves alternate or closely fascicled on determinate orindeterminate short shoots; simple and linear to needle-like Pollen borne on strobili (look like cones) with many spirally arranged scales; 2 pollen sacs per scale, on underside of scale (abaxial) Ovules borne on cones (scale/bract complex) woody at maturity with many spirally arranged scales, flattened and free from subtending bracts (more or less); 2 ovules per cone scale, on top of scale (adaxial) Seeds usually winged (rarely wingless)