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Little Wanderers

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A child-oriented natural-history guide explains how plants send their seeds abroad and why dispersal matters. It groups dispersal strategies—light plume-bearing and winged seeds carried by wind, seeds that float or tumble, sticky burs that cling to animals, edible seeds transported by creatures, and pods that eject their contents—and describes the forms and processes that enable each method. Common examples such as dandelions, thistles, maples, burdocks, cotton, various nuts, and touch-me-not illustrate the mechanisms, while brief reflections contrast sedentary adult plants with their wandering seed offspring and note the ecological advantages of travel.

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Title: Little Wanderers

Author: Margaret Warner Morley

Release date: February 1, 2020 [eBook #61295]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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LITTLE WANDERERS

BY

MARGARET WARNER MORLEY

AUTHOR OF
“FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS,” “A FEW FAMILIAR FLOWERS,”
“BEE PEOPLE,” ETC.


BOSTON, U.S.A.

GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

The Athenæum Press

1899