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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------14B025ED96EFE8B5600507F3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi again, But Google says a Dandelion flower can pollinate itself. YT, DW -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [NatureNS] nature notes, question on dandelions Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 15:03:42 -0300 From: David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Hi Jim and All, Years ago I read that Dandelion is apomictic; ie pollination etc. not needed. It seems strange for a plant to expend so much energy generating pollen if in fact it is redundant. YT, Dave W On 5/16/2020 1:33 PM, Jim Wolford wrote: > *MAY 14/20 — Miner’s Marsh* in Kentville: > > in shallow water a big school of very small fish, presumably *banded > killifish*; > at least 3 *painted turtles* seen; > I heard a whinny call of a *SORA rail*; > lots of red-winged blackbirds (at least one female seen) and c. grackles; > one great blue heron seen; > 3 *Canada geese* seen, and 2 of them had a single *gosling*; > only a few mallards seen, including one female with a male. > > *MAY 15/20* — At home, beautiful sunny and very warm day — oodles of > flower-heads of *common dandelion* attracted lots of *honeybees*. > > *QUESTION* about common dandelion: Long ago I was told, or read > somewhere, that common dandelion flowering is a sham, in that all the > seeds produced are just clones of the parent plants — any truth to > this?? If so, why all the meiosis and flower parts, just for dispersal?? > > Also today, a single flower of *wild strawberry* seen, *Norway maple* > in flower, and *shadbush* almost in bloom. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > --------------14B025ED96EFE8B5600507F3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> </head> <body> <p>Hi again,</p> <p> But Google says a Dandelion flower can pollinate itself. <br> </p> <p>YT, DW<br> </p> <div class="moz-forward-container"><br> <br> -------- Forwarded Message -------- <table class="moz-email-headers-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Subject: </th> <td>Re: [NatureNS] nature notes, question on dandelions</td> </tr> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th> <td>Sat, 16 May 2020 15:03:42 -0300</td> </tr> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th> <td>David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com></td> </tr> <tr> <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th> <td>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> <br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <p>Hi Jim and All,</p> <p> Years ago I read that Dandelion is apomictic; ie pollination etc. not needed. It seems strange for a plant to expend so much energy generating pollen if in fact it is redundant. <br> </p> <p>YT, Dave W<br> </p> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/16/2020 1:33 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:C9235BC2-7D69-4B90-B540-688F0E7E064F@eastlink.ca"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <div style="margin: 0px;"><b>MAY 14/20 — Miner’s Marsh</b> in Kentville: </div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">in shallow water a big school of very small fish, presumably <b>banded killifish</b>; </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">at least 3 <b>painted turtles</b> seen; </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">I heard a whinny call of a <b>SORA rail</b>; </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">lots of red-winged blackbirds (at least one female seen) and c. grackles; </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">one great blue heron seen; </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">3 <b>Canada geese</b> seen, and 2 of them had a single <b>gosling</b>;</div> <div style="margin: 0px;">only a few mallards seen, including one female with a male.</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><b>MAY 15/20</b> — At home, beautiful sunny and very warm day — oodles of flower-heads of <b>common dandelion</b> attracted lots of <b>honeybees</b>. </div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><b>QUESTION</b> about common dandelion: Long ago I was told, or read somewhere, that common dandelion flowering is a sham, in that all the seeds produced are just clones of the parent plants — any truth to this?? If so, why all the meiosis and flower parts, just for dispersal??</div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px;">Also today, a single flower of <b>wild strawberry</b> seen, <b>Norway maple</b> in flower, and <b>shadbush</b> almost in bloom.</div> <