germination cold stratification winter sowing invasive species

plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native breaking or softening a seed coat to allow absorption of moisture an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another A plant that lives and thrives in its place of origin

A plant that lives and thrives in its place of origin a horizontal, underground stem that produces new leaves, shoots, and roots the process where seed sprout and begin to grow exposing seeds to cold and moist conditions to encourage germination

cold stratification winter sowing pollinator dormant

the process where seed sprout and begin to grow inactive, sleeping planting seeds in the winter months for cold stratification breaking or softening a seed coat to allow absorption of moisture