Plant seeds are the start of a new plant can be dispersed in a number of ways, wind, animal, water, and self mechanisms like bursting and shaking. Find out how seeds produce new plants and disperse here.
AZ Master Gardener Manual: Seeds
AZ Master Gardener Manual: Seeds
The University of Arizona
Description of seeds and seedlings; click on images to enlarge.
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/botany/seeds....
BBC - Wildlife Finder - Seed Dispersal (video, facts and news)
BBC - Wildlife Finder - Seed Dispersal (video, facts and news)
Depending on your location, you may or may not be able to view the videos in this BBC program. Even if you can't, you can see pictu
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations/Seed_dispe...
Biology of Plants: Seed Dispersal
Biology of Plants: Seed Dispersal
Missouri Botanical Garden
Seed Dispersal
People plant some seeds, but most plants don't rely on people. Plants rely on animals and wind and water to help scat
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/seed.html
Drift Seeds And Drift Fruits
Drift Seeds And Drift Fruits
By W.P. Armstrong
Wayne's World
Great site! Drift seeds and drift fruits are 'seeds that ride the ocean current'. This page has s map and photos showing the specie
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/pldec398.htm
EEK! Seedy Characters EEK! Seedy Characters,
Environmental Education for Kids,
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Seeds disperse themselves in different ways. Take this simple quiz and find out how seeds manage
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/seedy.htm
Fruit and Seed Dispersal
Fruit and Seed Dispersal
Department of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Images and description of plants and how they distribute fruit or seeds; click on an image for a larger version.
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/frui...
Fruit development
Fruit development
Department of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Image and description from flower to fruit on different plants; click on an image for a larger version.
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/frui...
Fruits and Seeds
Fruits and Seeds
By Shirley Burchill and Paul Billiet
The Open Door Web Site
Since plants do not move from place to place, they have developed ways to make certain that their seeds are taken we
http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0045.html
New study: why plants produce different sized seeds
New study: why plants produce different sized seeds
Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
February 17, 2010
The longstanding belief as to why some plants produce big seeds and others small seeds is that
http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0217-hance_seedsize....
Plant DispersalPlant Dispersal
By ENOW2008
University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service Sustainable Management of Rangeland Resources Initiative Team
Video length: 01:11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Plant Structures - The Seed
Plant Structures - The Seed
SparkNotes.com
The seed, which surrounds the plant embryo and protects it from desiccation in the uncertain conditions of a terrestrial environment, is one of the ad
http://www.sparknotes.com/biology/plants/plantstru...
Plants Use Clever (but Smelly) Ruse to Spread Seeds
Plants Use Clever (but Smelly) Ruse to Spread Seeds,
October 5, 2015,
By Charles Q. Cho, Live Science Contributor
Plants that produce seeds that look and smell like antelope poop are able to tr
http://www.livescience.com/52380-plants-spread-see...
Seed Disperal 1 Seed Disperal 1
Zephyrus Interactive Education
WHY DO SEEDS DISPERSE TO FORM NEW PLANTS?
If the seeds simply fell and grew beneath the parent plants they would be too overcrowded and would be sta
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/seeddispersal1.html
Seed Dispersal
Seed Dispersal
by Alan & Hui Meng
Mouseover the pictures to learn more about the dispersion of seeds ...
By Splitting Suddenly - Explosive Action of Fruits
Some fruits scatter their seeds
http://www.vtaide.com/png/seed-dispersion.htm
Seed DispersalSeed Dispersal,
Morning-Earth.org,
Plant seeds are dispersed in many ways. This page includes many photographs and information on wind dispersal, spinners and gliders, silky parachutes, pods, anim
http://www.morning-earth.org/Graphic-E/BIOSPHERE/B...
Seed Dispersal - How Plants Spread
Seed Dispersal - How Plants Spread
The Seed Site
Before they can grow into new plants, seeds need to leave the seed pod. If all the seeds a plant produced landed just underneath the parent plant
http://theseedsite.co.uk/dispersal.html
Seed Dispersal 1
Seed Dispersal 1
Zephyrus Interactive Education on the Web
There are five ways that seeds are dispersed.
1: Wind dispersal
2: Water dispersal
3: Animal dispersal
4: Explosions
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/seeddispersal1.html
Seed dispersal of desert plantsSeed dispersal of desert plants
Content Partner: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Mark McGinley (other article
http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Seed_dispersal...
Seed Dispersal Video
Seed Dispersal Video
Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign
We are looking at a close up of the seed heads of Rush Skeletonweed and Roger Batt explains that you can the seeds are so light here that they
http://www.idahoweedawareness.net/vfg/vfgmap/regio...
Seeds (patterns and sizes)
Seeds (patterns and sizes)
Grade 1
Hartcourtschool.com
Learn about seeds and the life cycle of plants. (Interactive Activity)
Visit the web site to get started.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_...
The Role of Fruits in Seed DispersalThe Role of Fruits in Seed Dispersal
Infoplease.com
The structure of a fruit often facilitates the dispersal of its seeds.
Please visit the web site to learn more.
https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/plants-and...
The Surprising Secrets of Well-Traveled Seeds: PhotosThe Surprising Secrets of Well-Traveled Seeds: Photos,
April 1, 2015,
Discovery News,
"Spring offers us a reminder that each seed is a tiny embryo, and you can hold hundreds or thousands of these
https://www.seeker.com/the-surprising-secrets-of-w...
What is Photoperiodism?
What is Photoperiodism?
Written by S.E. Smith
Wisegeek.com
Photoperiodism is a biological response to light levels which occurs in many organisms around the world.
Visit the web site for the
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-photoperiodism.htm
Wind Dispersal of Seeds
Wind Dispersal of Seeds
By W.P. Armstrong
Wayne's Word
Seeds & Fruits Dispersed By Wind
One of the important functions of seeds and fruits is dispersal; a mechanism to establish the embryo-bea
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm