Zhang: Plants using animals for seed dispersal

American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Squirrels are used by plants for seed dispersal

because they bury acorns, nuts, and seeds from 

trees (ex: conifers, spruce, pine, fir, etc.) in 

various places in order to store them for the 

winter. However, some of the buried seeds are 

not retrieved later and they grow into new plants. 

Location: 

42.29623, -71.58593

(An example of a seed that is dispersed by animals: pine cones)