DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
FAMILIES OF GYMNOSPERM
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Question
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For dispersal of their seeds, gymnosperms mostly rely on ____
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animals
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water
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wind
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mechanical dispersal
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Gymnosperm seeds may be dispersed by the wind or just drop to the ground. Birds are attracted to the seeds of the pine tree and after eating them, the birds disperse they seeds in their droppings.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gymnosperms are either wind-pollinated (anemophilous) or both wind-and insect-pollinated (ambophilous).
Detailed explanation-3: -In gymnosperms, the dispersal stage is the seed, which develops from the ovule and contains maternal sporophyte tissue (the seedcoat), new sporophyte tissue (the embryo), and female gametophyte tissue which serves as a stored food supply.
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