How do plants in the Watsonville Wetlands spread their seed? Look at each of the pictures below and see if you can decide how the seeds of each plant are dispersed. What adaptations can you see to help the process of dispersal in each one? Click on the answers below each plant to find out if you are correct or not. (hint: there may be more than one correct answer!)

California Blackberry
Rubus vitifolius

Bull Thistle
Cirsium vulgare

Common Cattail
Typha latifolia

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California Coffeeberry
Rhamnus californica

Brown Headed Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus

Harding Grass
Phalaris aquatica

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Rattlesnake Grass
Glyceria canadensis

California Wild Rose
Rosa californica

Curly Dock
Rumex crispus

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Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis

Bristly ox tongue
Picris echioides

Nut Sedge
Cyperus esculentas

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