Fires, Seeds and Serotiny
by Chris, 29 November, 2019, 0 comments
Seeds are dispersed from a parent plant by a variety of means. Some plants use wind dispersal (sycamore, dandelion), some use animals (burdock, herb bennet), some even use water (willow, silver birch, coconut and the famous coco de mer). But in some parts of the world, such as South Africa and Australia, fire is a feature of certain ecosystems and the fire and/or smoke can be the stimulus for seed dispersal and germination. Read more...
