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Reid's paradox for herbs is still not fully understood. The seeds are hydrophobic (meaning water-resistant) and probably float a bit when dropped into the bog, but most seedlings clump around the parent plant and the water dispersal only accounts for about 4 m of range. The observed effects of dispersal indicate that much larger distances must occur at least rarely, but the mechanism is not yet known.

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