Uses of Flowers
About 90 percent of plant species produce flowers. Flowers are essential reproductive structures of angiosperms and important food sources for many insects and animals – and flowers also have been valued by humans for thousands of years for a variety of reasons. Flowers are cultivated in arrangements, gardens and landscapes for their aesthetic appeal. Many flowers are also used medicinally, such as chamomile and Saint John’s wort. Still others are...
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Importance of Flowers
What is the importance of flowers in our life? Flowers not only add color, texture, and biodiversity to gardens and environments, they are also an important structure for plants and an essential food source for many organisms. Flowers are an important means of attracting pollen substances to plants, and plants need to produce seeds, the reproductive structures that allow seeds to exist for generations. Flowers can also protect growing...
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Value of Flowers
The main function of flowers is to attract pollinators to plants to ensure the reproduction and survival of the plant species. Many plants and pollinators have adapted characteristics to ensure a mutually beneficial relationship for each organism. Just as plants rely on bees, bats, moths and hummingbirds for help pollinating their flowers, these species depend on nectar and pollen from flowers for nutrition. For instance, some flowers produce two types...
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