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Most of the seeds will be eaten by birds and rodents, some will be washed away in flash floods or wind storms. Few seeds will survive to possibly grow in the future. Plants produce so many seeds to assure the survival of the species.
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When do seeds of many desert wild flowers sprout?
Many desert plants only sprout after a heavy rain.
Why do most plants produce many more?
It is a numbers game. Most plants produce more seeds than are likely to become adult plants BECAUSE so many seeds fail to grow to adulthood. If they did not overproduce, the species would die out. In fact, one way to measure the "effectiveness" of a plant's seeds is to look at how many it produces. Plants that produce the most seeds in comparison with the seed survival rate are those that have ineffective seeds. Plants that produce fewer seeds generally have more effective ways of ensuring that the seed survives to produce the next generation of plants. Some of the ways that plants use to increase the effectiveness of their seeds are by protecting them with shells (so that they are resistant to the weather), making them larger (so that they have a lot of stored food to give them a good start), making them taste good to birds (so they will be eaten and deposited along with fertilizer).
What are the plants that grow from seeds?
Oxalis is one of the example of plants with seed pods that split open.
Why do plants grows fruits?
Many plants grow fruit as that is their way of propagating. The seeds are in the fruit, or around the fruit. The fruit serves as a sweet tissue surrounding the seeds to help the seeds travel and get planted and grow. Animals are likely to pick fruit, and in doing so, they help to disperse the seeds.
Do all plants that produce seeds have flowers?
No. Only plants of the phylum "angiospermae" have flowers. These include flowers, fruiting plants, and many trees. However, gymnosperms (like pine trees) and cycads and many other plants have no flower. In fact, about 250 million years ago, there were no flowering plants at all!
When do seeds of many desert wild flowers sprout?
Many desert plants only sprout after a heavy rain.
Is a yellow plant seedless?
Many yellow plants produce seeds.
How do tumbleweed survive in the desert?
Tumbleweeds prefer areas of disturb soil in the desert, especially along roads and highways. Seeds can lay dormant for many months, even years waiting for moisture. Once rain does arrive the seeds sprout rapidly and grow into adult plants that produce seeds for the next generation.
Why do plants in the desert have short life cycles?
Rain is rare in most deserts and comes mostly during short rainy seasons. Many plants have adapted to this and will quickly sprout from seeds, grow rapidly and produce new seeds during the brief wet season in deserts.
Why do many types of plants produce many seeds?
To ensure their survival under adverse conditions
Does any plant in desert bear a flower?
Many plants in the desert produce flowers. That is their method of sexual reproduction and required for the plants to survive and propagate.
Does a flowering plant have to die to produce seeds?
No, many seed producing flowering plants live many years, others however are annual and do produce flowers, seeds and die in one season.
Could you make seeds that were guranteed to produce white plants only?
It has been done for many years, there are many varieties of white plants whose seeds can be readily bought in many garden centers and nurseries.
Why do most plants produced many more seeds than will ever become adult plants?
It is a numbers game. Most plants produce more seeds than are likely to become adult plants BECAUSE so many seeds fail to grow to adulthood. If they did not overproduce, the species would die out. In fact, one way to measure the "effectiveness" of a plant's seeds is to look at how many it produces. Plants that produce the most seeds in comparison with the seed survival rate are those that have ineffective seeds. Plants that produce fewer seeds generally have more effective ways of ensuring that the seed survives to produce the next generation of plants. Some of the ways that plants use to increase the effectiveness of their seeds are by protecting them with shells (so that they are resistant to the weather), making them larger (so that they have a lot of stored food to give them a good start), making them taste good to birds (so they will be eaten and deposited along with fertilizer).
Why do most plants produce many more?
It is a numbers game. Most plants produce more seeds than are likely to become adult plants BECAUSE so many seeds fail to grow to adulthood. If they did not overproduce, the species would die out. In fact, one way to measure the "effectiveness" of a plant's seeds is to look at how many it produces. Plants that produce the most seeds in comparison with the seed survival rate are those that have ineffective seeds. Plants that produce fewer seeds generally have more effective ways of ensuring that the seed survives to produce the next generation of plants. Some of the ways that plants use to increase the effectiveness of their seeds are by protecting them with shells (so that they are resistant to the weather), making them larger (so that they have a lot of stored food to give them a good start), making them taste good to birds (so they will be eaten and deposited along with fertilizer).
Why does marijuana have so many seeds?
It must of somehow been pollinated during flowering... and or was a male plant. Female plants produce no seeds.
Why do many types of plant produce a great number of seeds?
because a great number of plants can grow
