Pinus pinus (Pinus sylvestris L.) is a tree of the genus Pinus in the Pinaceae family. Its bark is reddish brown. Branchlets are dark grayish brown. Needle leaves are blue-green and thick and hard. Female globules have short stems and bend downward. The cones are dark yellow brown at maturity and conical ovoid. The seeds are dark brown oblong or ovoid, slightly flat. Flowering period may-June, the cones mature in September-October of the second year.

Larch is a tree in the pine family, belonging to the genus Larch. Its bark is dark brown, and it splits vertically into scaly pieces that fall off; The young branches are covered in brown soft fur and gradually shed; The leaves are needle shaped and narrow in shape, with a slightly pointed or blunt tip and a slightly flat upper surface; The cone is broadly ovate or cylindrical ovate in shape, yellow brown when ripe, with scales in the middle that are ovate rectangular or ovate square in shape. The upper edge is wavy and significantly curved outward, with a flat and slightly concave tip. The back surface is covered with brown wart like protrusions or short coarse hairs; The scales of the bract are not exposed; Seeds are inverted oval in shape; The flowering period is from April to May, and the cones mature in October.

The pine cones are the seeds of the pine family and are ripe with pine seeds. Plant sources are widely distributed in my country, such as Korean pine in Northeast China, Pinus tabulaeformis and Pinus sylvestris in North China and Northwest China, Huashan pine in Southwest China, Masson pine in Central China, Yunnan pine and Simao pine in Sichuan and Yunnan. As we all know, the edible value of pine seeds is very high, and the distribution of edible pine tree species and natural distribution in the world accounts for a large part.