Any idea on the species? Tho its a planted tree so could be a cultivar

Someone 'corrected' me on Facebook stating that theyre fruiting bodies because conifers dont flower. Oh dear...

"Fruiting bodies" is a non-technical term usually used to describe mushrooms. They are the "fruiting bodies" of whatever fungal mycellium is running in the soil (or whatever substrate). Never in all my born days have I heard male and female reproductive structures on pines labelled as fruiting bodies. That's just wrong.

I'm thinking Austrian pine, although I must admit, I have low confidence in being correct in this case. Just not seeing things in enough detail (on my browser) to be more certain. But those are definitely male strobili. Look that term up and you'll see many, many photos.

I'm leaning towards Mugo Pine.

"A strobilus (plural: strobili) is a structure present on many land plant species consisting of sporangia-bearing structures densely aggregated along a stem"

So basically a strobilus is a flower that produces spores rather than pollen!

That definition is a bit over simplified :-) Continue reading down to where it addresses conifers or better yet, link to the main article onconifer cones. Male conifer strobili are indeed pollen bearing, not spore bearing!!

I'd lean towards Pinus mugo as well. These are in full "bloom" right now in my area also :-)

Yes, the fern and fern ally definition does fit.....if we're discussing spore-bearing plants, which we most definitely are not. Please Larry, context!

I didn't really think Austrian. You guys are probably right on the Mugo thang.

The ones with a pointed top are often P. mugo subsp. uncinata. Need to see the seed cones to tell.

http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_mugo_uncinata.php