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(redirected from Wind dispersal)

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Mishler points out that wind dispersal works well for mosses, liverworts, and lichens because, unlike flowering plants and ferns, many can regenerate front small
With the fire program in place, the reforestation strategy was to allow the strong, dry-season winds to blow in the seeds of native plants (23 of 321 species of local dry-forest trees use wind dispersal, according to Janzen).
Pines of other species whose seeds are not harvested and planted by birds have seeds that are small and have wings that assist in wind dispersal.
 
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