1. Interaction - Pollination is needed for plants to reproduce, and so many plants depend on bees or other insects as pollinators.
1. Description - When a bee collects nectar and pollen from the flower of a plant, some pollen from the stamens—the male reproductive organ of the flower—sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower, some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil—the female reproductive organ of the flower.
2. Interaction - The tree is a host that provides a place for the fern. When it rains, the ferns get nutrients from rotting leaves and other organic materials that collect at the root base of the fern plant.
2. Description - Tree ferns are true ferns. A tree fern's unusual trunk consists of a thin stem surrounded by thick, fibrous roots. The fronds on many tree ferns remain green throughout the year. In a few species, they turn brown and hang around the top of the trunk, much like palm tree leaves
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1. Interaction - Pollination is needed for plants to reproduce, and so many plants depend on bees or other insects as pollinators.
1. Description - When a bee collects nectar and pollen from the flower of a plant, some pollen from the stamens—the male reproductive organ of the flower—sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower, some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil—the female reproductive organ of the flower.
2. Interaction - The tree is a host that provides a place for the fern. When it rains, the ferns get nutrients from rotting leaves and other organic materials that collect at the root base of the fern plant.
2. Description - Tree ferns are true ferns. A tree fern's unusual trunk consists of a thin stem surrounded by thick, fibrous roots. The fronds on many tree ferns remain green throughout the year. In a few species, they turn brown and hang around the top of the trunk, much like palm tree leaves