A new long-term study from Hungary shows that seeding native plants can effectively reduce annual invasive species in ...

In this edition of North Woods Naturalist, Chel Anderson talks about the ubiquitous and much maligned dandelion.  Chel ...

Drones are being used to plant seed balls prepared using the indigenous community knowledge of native species, local ...

Bullish (Video) Seed Dispersal: From Pine Trees to Norway Maples Posted: March 22, 2025 | Last updated: March 22, 2025 The film explores the various methods of seed dispersal used by plants ...

and protection of seeds, as well as their dispersal methods. It features live footage with superimposed terms like seed coat, embryo, monocotyledon, and dicotyledon, and discusses the conditions ...

One method has been to use fruit-derived essential ... Long-term testing is needed to show that bat lures, and the seed dispersal they bring, markedly aid regrowth — a complex process that ...

Now, centuries later, scientists have finally uncovered exactly how this remarkable plant manages its explosive seed dispersal. This unassuming member ... has developed an extraordinary method of ...

In the last few blogs I have highlighted two different methods of seed dispersal: myremochory (via ants and eliasome) and epizoochory (via animals). Remember, the sole purpose of a plant and its seeds ...

The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium, derived from the Greek ‘ekballein,’ meaning to throw out) is named for its explosive method of seed dispersal. When ripe, the ovoid-shaped fruits detach ...

The squirting cucumber, known scientifically as Ecballium elaterium, owes its name to its unique seed dispersal method. When ripe, the cucumber's ovoid-shaped fruits detach from the stem and ...

Over several generations, the seeds consistently reached distances ... spreading them out from the older plants. Its unique dispersal method has helped the squirting cucumber spread across Europe ...