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Sycamore helicopter seeds have wings that spin as they fall, helping them travel far away from the tree and land in different places, allowing the tree to spread its seeds over a wide area.
A Boxelder Tree Seed
Maple seeds are typically called "helicopter seeds" or "maple keys" because of the way they spin and helicopter-like shape when falling from a tree.
The seeds of a sycamore tree are called samaras. They are winged seeds that are dispersed by the wind. The samaras have a distinctive helicopter-like shape that helps them travel far from the parent tree.
Yes, sycamores display a distinctive type of helicopter seed known as samaras. These seeds have a wing-like structure that aids in their dispersal by wind, giving them the appearance of a spinning helicopter as they fall from the tree.
Seeds of an ash tree are commonly referred to as "keys" or "helicopter seeds" due to their unique shape and behavior of spinning as they fall from the tree. The seeds of an ash tree are contained within a winged structure that helps them disperse in the wind for reproduction.
Sycamore seeds have a "wing" and when they fall off the tree this makes them whirl round like a helicopter. This slows their rate of fall and the wind takes them away from their parent tree, dispersing them.
An acorn is a single seed of an oak tree. They drop to the ground or are carried by birds or squirrels and are buried where they then germinate.
Sycamore seeds, also known as samaras or helicopter seeds, fall from the tree when they are fully developed and ready to disperse. The seeds are attached to wing-like structures that allow them to spin and glide as they fall, helping the wind carry them away from the parent tree for greater chances of germination.
Helicopter seed
Indeed new trees can be started from a helicopter in a number of ways. Helicopters can spread seeds of trees to sprout and grow. A helicopter can deliver seedling trees, or even bare root trees to be planted in remote areas. Helicopters can relocate any size tree. Even very large trees can be relocated without having to take down wires, trim other trees along streets to accommodate transport, stop traffic, etc. It would have to be a very special tree or difficult location to warrant such an effort. For example a helicopter could lift and place a larger tree in the garden top of a sky scraper, instead of waiting for a little tree to grow. Let's be careful here. Is it not possible the question is about sycamore seeds and some others that are like little helicopters when they descend to earth. The seed is treated like any other seed. Yes, of course. Seeds from various trees that appear to helicopter in the air can start a new tree. Maples, Ash, Sycamores and others produce seeds that catch air and whirl, giving a helicopter appearance. On a windy day it can be observed these helicopter like seeds are taken up and carried some distance by the wind. The whirling slows the seed's decent giving it a better chance for the wind to catch and carry it, to be dispersed far away from the tree. So the helicopter type seed, by design, is one strategy trees use to distribute and reproduce away from the parent tree. Another strategy trees use, is to produce lots and lots of seeds. So there is a probability some will survive, grow and mature, to produce more seed.
The double winged seeds of the Sycamore are designed to spin as they fall from the branches, like a helicopter. They may fall around the base of the parent tree, or be blown by strong winds further away.