pollination

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From pollination, to being an essential food source, to helping the decaying process.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

The Kobe University botanist suggests that this rare combination of pollination and seed distribution roles may be influenced by two factors.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

As explained by the AP, pistachio orchards “can be sustained with minimal water during drought” and their trees “rely on wind instead of bees for pollination and can produce nuts for decades longer.”

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

Hummingbirds might also expand their range given more plants for pollination.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

With- out insect pollination, most of the soil-holding and soil-enrich- ing plants of uncultivated areas would die out, with far-reaching consequences to the ecology of the whole region.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson