kqedscience: VIDEO: The Sex Lives of Christmas Trees Conifers are mostly wind pollinators, broadcast
kqedscience: VIDEO: The Sex Lives of Christmas Trees Conifers are mostly wind pollinators, broadcasting huge quantities of male gametes into the air during summer months. The pollen can be seen when it settles on parked cars and windowsills as a fine yellow powder. After receiving the pollen, the female cones close back up until the seeds are fertilized and mature. Once they are, the scales reopen allowing the wind to disperse the winged seeds. -- source link
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