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Trends in alder seed size?
I am trying to develop alder as a grain crop. One of the things I want
is bigger seeds. Thinking I might find something different I went and looked at Bolam Lake (Northumberland) and indeed I found something different; the seeds were the smallest I have ever seen. Why should this be? Where can I find the opposite, big seeds? Bolam lake is inland. Might I find bigger nearer the coast? Higher? Lower? North? South? But here is another way of looking at it. Bolam lake is an artificial lake, no natural streams run into it, probably a design feature to avoid silting. Alders typically spread by the seeds floating downstream, that means that alder seeds can only have blown in, giving rise the trees bearing small I find now. So, how do tree seeds normally spread? In the case of hazel, oak, etc, obviously birds and squirrels, and they are the right size to be attractive to these creatures. Alder seeds seem too small. I stumbled accidentally on a circumstance which selected for small seeds. Can anybody think of a circumstance which selects for big alder seeds? Michael Bell -- |
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