Friday, August 24, 2012

Kang: Plant using either wind or water for seed dispersal



This is Typha latifolia located at 42.264101, -71.766066.  It is an example of a plant that uses wind for seed dispersal.  The spike of the cattail becomes a cluster of cottony seeds and when the spike is mature, it breaks open, sending out millions of seeds.  These seeds will then be carried off to other places by the wind.



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