Seeds have many ways to get out into the world. Greg shares fascinating strategies plants use to disburse seeds.
Related episodes: Hedge Apples, Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch
Our sources for this episode include:
- Falling Far from the Tree: 7 Brilliant Ways Seeds and Fruits Are Dispersed
- Daniel Janzen – Bio and Research
- The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms by Connie Barlow
- Lengyel, S.; et al. (2009). Chave, Jerome (ed.). “Ants Sow the Seeds of Global Diversification in Flowering Plants”
- Howe, H. F. & Smallwood J. (1982). “Ecology of Seed Dispersal” (PDF). Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 13: 201–228.
- The Ant Dance – YouTube video with Greg Torres
- The Bird Dance– YouTube video with Greg Torres
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That is really cool
I love the information given.I learned so much on this one and the previous episode.
I love doing them because I learn so much as well!
Really interesting. I had no idea plants could “shoot” seeds out into the air. And nice to know about how to rid yourself of an unwanted girl friend or boy friend – in a safe but effective manner. 🙂
Nature teaches us so many things!