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Re: pollinators

Rome Hutchings wrote:
> 
> Helen:
> 
> While it may be possible that the wind is the primary pollinator
> for grasses, there may also be some nitch species, which
> spreading primarily by rhizome, may also be dependant upon
> insects to pollinate.  I saw one particular type of insect on
> prairie cord grass in Montana.  Perhaps they were feeding
> on the pollen?
> 
> Rome Hutchings
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helen Parker <HParker@cvm.uiuc.edu>
> To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 10:35 AM
> Subject: pollinators
> 
> >I've been reading the thread on pollinators with some bemusement:  I have
> >always been told that grasses are wind pollinated, not insect pollinated.
> >Hence they do not depend on any particular pollinator except the
> atmosphere.
> >Is this wrong?
> > --Helen Parker
> >
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yes grasses can be wind polllinated but most self pollinate.  The pollen
baring anthers are in many cases located only millimeters from the
stigma.  One notable exception is corn.

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