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NZ’s sneeziest plants

Karamu male hangs so that the wind can pick up his pollen
are the ones let loose huge amounts of male pollen. The female positions herself downwind and catches his pollen grains from the air!

It’s a very ancient way. And in this windy country, with strong westerly winds, it works!
Our sneeziest plants are the introduced: gorse, macrocarpa, plantain, pine trees, olive, meadow foxtail grass, and privet.

In Flight of Pollen the native tree miro, and the native bush karamu, let fly huge amounts of pollen too …

It’s a long season of sniffles and sneezes for us!? A-tish-ho! A-tish-ho!

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