All trees have flowers but not all are showy. Some flowers have both male and female parts. Other flowers may be only male or only female. Sometimes, male and female flowers occur on separate trees. The female parts consist of ovaries, stigmas, and styles. The male flowers consist of stamens and anthers. Petals or petal-like parts, when they are present, are usually associated with flowers that have female parts. Ovaries occur at the base of a flower and have a tube, called a style, with a sticky end, called a stigma. It is sticky to help catch pollen grains. Fertilized ovaries will grow into fruits. The anthers produce pollen, usually at the end of thin stalk called the stamen. [To return to previous page, click your browser's BACK button then scroll through the page to your last location]