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Explosive or splitting action
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What is a seed head?
A seed head is the pod on the end of a stem containing seeds.
How are a lychees seed dispersed?
Litchi seeds are dispersed by birds and mammals. The sweet scented fruit pulp tempt the vectors to eat it and disperse the seeds.
How does the embryo of a cone bearing plant develop?
The embryo of a cone-bearing plant, also known as a gymnosperm, develops within the female cone. After fertilization, the zygote within the embryo develops into the seed, which contains the next generation plant. The mature seed is then dispersed from the cone, where it may germinate and grow into a new plant.
Which comes first germination or seed dispersal?
Seed dispersal generally comes before germination in the plant life cycle. Once a seed is dispersed and lands in a suitable environment for growth, germination can occur, leading to the growth of a new plant.
What is plant seed habit?
Plant seed habit refers to the way in which seeds are dispersed by plants. This can include methods such as wind dispersal, animal dispersal, water dispersal, or self-dispersal. Different plant species have adapted different seed dispersal strategies to ensure their seeds are spread effectively to new locations for germination.
Is a balsam plant fruit dispersed by animals if not then what is it dispersed by?
it is dispersed by animal waste It is dispersed by exploxion
How is castor seed dispersed?
Some seed have pods that explode when ripe and shoot out the seeds.This is observed in Castor and Balsam.
Example of a plant that uses explosive dispersal of seed?
impatiens or balsam
How does a balsam fruit disperse its seeds?
Ripe balsam seeds are spring loaded, and are dispersed by being flung out of the seed pods when a passing animal or human brushes against the pods.
Does a seed fall far away from mother plant in balsam?
Yes the seeds fall away in balsam plant due to explosive opening of its fruits.
How does a balsam reproduce?
The balsam plant is dispersed by its explosive force. The dry pod containing its seeds will split open when disturbed.
Is balsam a non flowering plant?
The Himalayan Balsam weed, which is rapidly spreading along water courses and anywhere it is damp in the UK, produces seeds that burst out and are flung away from the parent plant, when a person or animal brushes against the ripe seed pods.
Why is seed dispersed?
To expand the natural range of the plant species.
What does the seed of a plant contain to form a new plant?
It contains starch which was stored there by the plant it was dispersed by.. .
Can you eat balsam poplar's fruit?
"Fruit" does not necessarily mean something like apples and cherries. In the case of the balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) the fruit is a thin capsule covering for the seed, so is no flesh, but there is a cottony mass so that the seed can be more easily dispersed by the wind.
How does a lotus seed dispersed?
Lotus plant disperse its seeds by water!
How is balsam dispersed?
By splitting or the explosive method.
