Seeds on the Ground (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Seeds on the Ground

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Many plants depend on animals to disperse their seeds. Where habitat destruction or other human-caused activity drives these species out of ecosystems, seeds stay right where the fruiting tree dropped them, as with this Copa Palm.

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Patricia Alvarez

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