Seed Dispersal in Wild Carrot (Daucus Carota)
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Elizabeth P. Lacey, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: While animals and wind have been proposed as agents of seed dispersal for Daucus
carota, a common weed, no quantitative data can be found in the literature to support
either. This paper presents evidence to support both modes of dispersal. Seeds attach to
fur coarser than that of rabbit, and also disperse by wind. Spines appear to facilitate both
mechanisms. Wind can disperse seeds locally and over long distances and is probably the
more frequent dispersal agent.
Seed Dispersal in Wild Carrot (Daucus Carota)
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Additional Information
- Publication
- The Michigan Botanist 20: 15-20.
- Language: English
- Date: 1981
- Keywords
- Seed dispersal, Wild carrot, Daucus
carota, Animal disperal, Wind, Weed plants