Natural History Wanderings

Earth.com reported

A plant that can’t make seeds has a big problem: it can grow, but it struggles to move. Without seeds to hitch rides on wind, water, or animals, an asexual plant is often stuck near its parent, piling up in the same patch of habitat and risking local wipeout.

A new yam species has found a clever workaround. Instead of relying on seeds, the yam makes tiny “clone starters” that look like fruit, tricking birds into eating them and carrying them to new places.

Read more at Some plants make fake berries to trick birds into helping them spread seeds