Nalini ji Thanks for sharing interesting information. This example is also met in Horse chest nut and Walnut, which we teach to the students as a special case of endozoochory, where the propagule gets dispersed without having to pass through the alimentary canal of the animal The typical examples of endozoochory are met in Rubus, strawberry, etc where the whole fruit is ingested by the animal and the hard seeds are passed out along with faecal matter at a place away from the mother plant. They germinate to give rise to new plants.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 2:52 AM, nabha meghani <[email protected]> wrote: > Prof. Singh ji, > Thanks for sharing the fotos or Quercus robur. > In german it is called *Deutsche Eiche* = german oak and is to be found on > 1 2 and 5 Eurocent coins. > It is a majestic tree, present in gardens, along the roadside, forests > everywhere. It was tree of the year 1929. > Oakwood is used to make wine barrels and gives good taste to the wine. > In autumn children collect acorns (german Eicheln) and chestnuts and > deliver them to the pigfarmers and get some pocketmoney. Pigs are very fongd > of acorns. > Eurasian Jay (*Garrulus glandarius*) (German *Eichel*häher) and squirrels > (German *Eich*hörnchen) collect acorns as winter food, hide them somewhere > and forget. I am posting Fotos of two weeks old Oak-babies. > Regards > Nalini > >
