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The secret Life of tree seeds (poster)

Author(s) or contact(s): C.L. Leadem
Source: Research Branch
Subject: Tree Seeds
Series: Posters
Other details:  Published 1999. Hardcopy is available.
 

Abstract

When you see a giant tree in the forest, do you ever stop and think that it all began with a tiny seed? A Sitka spruce seed weighing 2.2 mg can produce a tree 9.3 m high, with a weight more than 32 billion times that of the original seed. Here are some more interesting facts about a few of the tree seed of British Columbia.

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Updated July 02, 2009