Pollen cloud around a yew tree (Taxus baccata). The cloud is comprised of thousands of pollen grains, each of which contains a male gamete. They dispe

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Pollen cloud around a yew tree (Taxus baccata). The cloud is comprised of thousands of pollen grains, each of which contains a male gamete. They disperse in an attempt to fertilise an ovule and produce a seed. The yew is an extremely long- lived and slow-growing tree of European origin.

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Keywords: baccata, biological, biology, botanical, botany, branch, branches, cloud, dispersing, dispersion, grains, nature, plant, pollen, pollinating, reproduction, taxus, tree, yew