What plants are pollinated?
List of crop plants pollinated by bees
| Common name | Scientific name | Pollinator |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton | Gossypium spp. | Honey bees, bumblebees, solitary bees |
| Sunflower | Helianthus annuus | Bumblebees, solitary bees, honey bees |
| Flax | Linum usitatissimum | Honey bees, bumblebees, solitary bees |
| Lychee | Litchi chinensis | Honey bees, flies |
How can you tell which plants are pollinated by the wind?
Wind-pollinated flowers are typically:
- No bright colors, special odors, or nectar.
- Small.
- Most have no petals.
- Stamens and stigmas exposed to air currents.
- Large amount of pollen.
- Pollen smooth, light, easily airborne.
- Stigma feathery to catch pollen from wind.
What type of pollinator?
Birds, bats, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, small mammals, and most importantly, bees are pollinators. They visit flowers to drink nectar or feed off of pollen and transport pollen grains as they move from spot to spot.
What plants are pollinated at night?
Heavy with fragrance, nocturnal bloomers produce a strong, sweet scent during twilight, night or early morning. Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis), Madonna lily (Lilium candidum), night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), and some yucca species draw these pollinators to them.
What are 3 flowers that are wind-pollinated?
Wind Pollination (Anemophily) Many of the world’s most important crop plants are wind-pollinated. These include wheat, rice, corn, rye, barley, and oats.
What are some examples of wind-pollinated flowers?
Wind pollinating plants release billions of pollen grains into the air so that a lucky few will hit their targets on other plants. Many of the world’s most important crop plants are wind-pollinated. These include wheat, rice, corn, rye, barley, and oats.
What are two ways that flowers can be pollinated?
Flowering plants have evolved two pollination methods: 1) pollination without the involvement of organisms (abiotic), and 2) pollination mediated by animals (biotic). About 80% of all plant pollination is by animals.
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