Winged Norway Maple Seeds, Acer platanoides
Wind dispersal (anemochory) is one of the more primitive means of dispersal. Wind dispersal can take on one of two primary forms: seeds can float on the breeze or alternatively, they can flutter to the ground. Acer platanoides (Norway maple) is a species of maple native to eastern and central Europe and southwest Asia, from France east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran. Norway maples release chemicals to discourage undergrowth, which tends to create bare, muddy run-off conditions immediately under the tree. A. platanoides has been shown to inhibit the growth of native saplings as a canopy tree or as a sapling.
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Keywords: acer, anemochory, botany, dispersal, maple, norway, platanoides, seed, seeds, tree, trees, winged
