Wind-pollinated plants refer to plants that use wind as a medium for pollination, and use wind to spread pollen. Wind-pollinated plants have smaller blooms and larger numbers, and can follow the wind for great distances. Wind-pollinated flowers are generally underdeveloped perianth and unsightly. Small size, easy to spread with the wind.

After the seeds mature, they use the power of the wind to start another journey of life. The wind does not need to be too strong to disperse the pollen, a light breeze is enough to disperse the pollen.

In the Americas and other countries, the pollen of Pinus and Compositae often invades people's nose and throat, thus becoming the cause of hay fever and hay fever. It is generally believed that wind pollination is more primitive than insect pollination.

Common plants that use wind to spread are dandelions, poplars, willows, etc. The seeds set off with the wind and take root and sprout wherever they fall.

Compared with entomophilous flowers, the pollination efficiency of wind-pollinated flowers is much lower. Wind-pollinated flowers also have unique strategies for successful pollination and fertilization. Temperate or boreal regions where they rely on wind to disperse their pollen well. In the tropics, the canopy is higher than other trees, has less wind-borne obstacles, and can also rely on wind for pollination. Although there are few anemophilous flowers in the tropics, they are not completely absent.

For example, on the North Fritz Islands, wind-borne transmission reaches more than 36%. In contrast, in mountainous areas, animal-borne transmission prevails in percentage. For example, in the high mountain belt of the Alps, wind-borne species account for about 16%, while in the Caucasus (Soviet Union) at 2,000 meters above sea level, only 11%. In the Arctic regions with few insects, the percentage of wind-borne transmission increased: 38% in Iceland, 34.7% in Greenland, 32.4% in Novaya Zemlya, and 37% in Spitsbergen .

Do you think this is romance from the wind?