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Serotiny in
botany simply means 'following' or 'later'. In the case of
serotinous flowers, it
means flowers which grow
following the
growth of leaves, or...
- are
typically non-
serotinous, and
those of the
inland Pacific subspecies, P.
contorta subsp. murrayana, are
completely non-
serotinous.
Sometimes cones...
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subgenus Strobus, and
cones either open soon
after they
mature or are
serotinous.
Section Pinus has two or
three needles per fascicle.
Cones of all species...
- dispersal: gravity, wind, ballistic, water, and by animals. Some
plants are
serotinous and only dis****
their seeds in
response to an
environmental stimulus...
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cultivars are
harvested before the end of July,
serotinous (late)
cultivars from
September on, and mid-
serotinous or mid-matutinal
cultivars are in between...
- dispersal; an
initial thermo-sensitive
enabling (extreme heat or fire), then a
serotinous hygroresponsive seed release.
Examples are the
woody fruits of Myrtaceae...
- "Germination
response to fire-related
factors of
seeds from non-
serotinous and
serotinous cones".
Plant Ecology. 169 (2): 195–204. doi:10.1023/A:1026036332277...
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external triggers (such as fires)
rather than by
natural maturation. For
serotinous plants,
seeds are
protected by
woody structures during fires and will...
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pines (var. clausa) have non-
serotinous, or open, cones, most of the
panhandle sand
pines (var. immuginata) have
serotinous, or closed, cones. Sand pine...
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situated deep
within their thick bark, or from lignotubers, or by
producing serotinous fruits. In
seasonally dry
climates oaks are
often fire-resistant, particularly...
