Do plants reproduce only through their seeds?

Plants reproduce in many ways. Seeds are just one of them. Certain plants like ferns breed through spores. Spores are tiny cells produced by the plant. These cells are blown and scattered by the wind to various locations where they sprout to become plants.

In some plants, small roots appear on the trunk of an existing plant. Slowly, these roots and the trunk develop into another independent plant. This way of reproduction is known as vegetative reproduction and happens usually in bulbs and tubers. It enables plants to spread quickly around the parent plant.

Some plants are reproduced through their twigs and branches cut from them. If you plant a branch of rose plant, it would sprout and develop into an independent plant. The willow tree, geranium, begonia and African violet are examples of reproduction through cuttings.

Another way of reproduction is through the process of layering. The branches of a certain plants start developing roots and shoots when they bent, and have contact with the soil for some time. This branch will gradually develop into another plant. Gooseberries, blackberries, grapevines, and forsythia can reproduce in this way, and do not need seeds for the purpose.

 

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