2007-01-14 07:08:06 · 9 answers · asked by SHARON W 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The wind carry them also the birds.
2007-01-14 07:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by sanny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plant have adapted many different mechanisms for the distribution of there seeds. some have got wings to help the seed travel long distances to ensure that it does not reproduce to close to the mother plant. also plants which supply animals, birds with food is an other means of distributing seeds the seeds are digested and come out the other end this is a good way of seed being spread. other attach on to our clothing and as we move around they are spread.
2007-01-16 00:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a matter of basic survival of the fittest where only those plants survive by evolving in the best way suitable for their particular environment. Sometimes it is the color of the flower like red which attracts humming birds (in certain areas and certain times of the year). Others attract bees which fly when temperature is 72 degrees F and seed pod open at certain times when wind is most likely to be present. Plants which violate the prevailing locals seed distribution methods (birds, wind, etc.) do not propigate and those plants which just happen to have a method of offering seeds to the environment (even fires in the Redwood Forest for seed germination) are the ones that evolve and refine the mose suitable methods of delivery to their particulat environment.
2007-01-14 07:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jim D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the plant Sharon.
Some use the wind, or heat to spread, also some insects and birds spread seeds, through storing them or eating, digesting and then discharging, some rely on humans and other animals to do the job for them.
2007-01-14 07:16:07 · answer #4 · answered by Jewel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wind, rain, birds and rodents eat seeds, fruit and deposit their droppings, can get stuck on your clothes, tires, your hair, nose, your dog, cat, shoes. etc.
Some seeds can live dormant in the soil for hundreds of years. Neat thought.
2007-01-15 07:47:35 · answer #5 · answered by Pacifica 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wind helps them. Have you ever blown a dandylion seed. Called it clocks when we were little.
2007-01-14 07:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by Laird John Meredith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't be sure. They don't think: they only can produce seeds.
2007-01-14 07:16:54 · answer #7 · answered by chefeclin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they adapt to whatever situation they are in, they are amazing!!
check this out, smelling and looking like rotten flesh eeeww, but it gets the job done!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6251517.stm
2007-01-14 07:14:59 · answer #8 · answered by SCOTT B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like men
it grows then is pointed and shoots
2007-01-14 07:11:44 · answer #9 · answered by crunchymonkey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋