Anemophily 2388685 222918490 2008-07-01T19:05:41Z VoABot II 1879647 BOT - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/92.5.88.140|92.5.88.140]] {[[User:VoABot_II/Help#Revert_reasons|possible vandalism]]} ([[User:VoABot_II/Mistakes|mistake?]]) to last version by "EncycloPetey". {{Unreferenced|date=May 2008}} {{main|Pollination syndrome}} [[Image:Plantago-media.jpg|thumb|right|The hoary plantain (''Plantago media'') is an anemophilous species]] [[Image:IMG 6001.5.29.07.w.jpg|thumb|Pine trees are anemophilous]] '''Anemophily''' or '''wind pollination''' is a form of [[pollination]] whereby [[pollen]] is distributed by [[wind]]. Unlike [[entomophily|entomophilous]] and [[zoophily|zoophilous]] species, whose pollen is spread by [[insect]]s and [[vertebrate]]s respectively, anemophilous species do not develop scented [[flower]]s, nor do they produce [[nectar]]. Male and female reproductive organs are generally found in separate flowers, the male flowers having a number of long filaments terminating in exposed [[stamen]]s, and the female flowers having long, [[feather]]-like [[carpel|stigma]]s. Pollen from anemophilous plants tends to be smaller and lighter in weight than pollen from entomophilous ones, with very low nutritional value to insects. However, insects sometimes gather pollen from staminate anemophilous flowers at times when higher [[protein]] pollens from entomophilous flowers are scarce. Also anemophilous pollens may also be inadvertently captured by [[bee]]s' [[electrostatic]] field. This may explain why, though bees are not observed to visit [[ragweed]] flowers, its [[Melissopalynology|pollen is often found]] in [[honey]] made during the ragweed floral bloom. Other flowers that are generally anemophilous are observed to be actively worked by bees, with solitary bees often visiting [[Poaceae|grass]] flowers, and the larger [[honeybee]]s and [[bumblebee]]s frequently gathering pollen from [[maize|corn]] tassels and other grains. Almost all pollens that are [[allergen]]s are anemophilous. [[Ragweed]], the bane of many [[hayfever]] sufferers, is anemophilous. Its pollen has been found at sea hundreds of miles from its source. Spring hayfever often traces to pollens from [[birch]]es. Other common anemophilous plants are mosly [[grass]] species, [[conifer]]s, [[sweet chestnut]]s, and members of the [[hickory]] family. {{botany-stub}} [[Category:plant morphology]] [[Category:Pollination]] [[de:Anemophilie]] [[es:Anemofilia]] [[ko:풍매화]] [[it:Impollinazione anemofila]] [[ja:風媒花]] [[pl:Anemogamia]] [[pt:Anemofilia]] [[uk:Вітрозапилення]]