Cyril Ruoso / Fruit of a Dipterocarp tree (Dipterocarpaceae) seed falling to the ground, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Alex Hyde / Lesser burdock (Arctium minus) close up of seed hooks that catch on animal fur, allowing the seedhead to be transported, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. February.

Stephen Dalton / Pendulous sedge {Carex pendula} dispersing seeds, UK

Stephen Dalton / Dandelion {Taraxacum officinale} single seed left on flower head, UK

Solvin Zankl / Seed heads of European groovebur (Agrimonia eupatoria) Europe. Burs on the seeds enable hook-and-loop connections between the seed and animal fur or peoples clothes, thus ensuring seed dispersal.

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Water avens (Geum rivale), Europe. Water aven seeds have numerous hairs, which enable dispersal by wind, as well as a long hooked tail formed by the style, which readily attaches to mammal fu...

Solvin Zankl / Seed of Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) - Europe. Like dandelions, the seeds of goatsbeard have a parachute that enables wind dispersal over large distances. The parachute is up to 4cm in diameter a...

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), Europe. In dry conditions, the ripe seeds are ejected from the fruit. The seed tails are formed from the persisting style which consists of hygroscopic...

Solvin Zankl / Seed of Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) - Europe. Seeds of the pasque flower carry a "tail", formed from the persisting style. The seeds are dispersed by wind and, additionally, can "crawl" along...

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) - Europe

Solvin Zankl / Dandelion seed floating {Taraxacum officinale} Germany

Mike Wilkes / Blackbird (Turdus merula) eating berries, seed dispersal. England, UK, Europe

Mike Wilkes / Male Blackbird eating sloes (Blackthorn berries) UK - seed dispersal

Juergen Freund / Coconut floating on water, Indo-pacific. Split-level. Dispersal of seed.

Mike Wilkes / Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) eating pyracantha UK berries. Worcestershire

Nigel Cattlin / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) clock, seed head with pappus, beak and achene for wind dispersal.

Nigel Cattlin / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) clock, seed head with pappus, beak and achene for wind dispersal.

Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers (Galium aparine) burrs with hooks tha attach to animal fur and clothes for dispersal, close-up. England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers (Galium aparine) burrs with hooks tha attach to animal fur and clothes for dispersal, close-up. England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers (Galium aparine) burrs with hooks tha attach to animal fur and clothes for dispersal. England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Hairy banana (Musa velutina), self peeling exposing flesh to aid seed dispersal by birds. In glasshouse. Surrey, England, UK.

Neil Aldridge / Sausage tree (Kigelia africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Historically, the Black rhino has been one of the main seed dispersal agents of the sausage tree in the Okavango Delta and conservation...

Neil Aldridge / Sausage tree (Kigelia africana) showing its large hanging fruits in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Historically, the Black rhino has been one of the main seed dispersal agents of the sausage tree in th...

Neil Aldridge / Giant fruit of the sausage tree (Kigelia africana) lies on the ground underneath its parent tree in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Historically, the Black rhino has been one of the main seed dispersal...

Neil Aldridge / Sausage tree (Kigelia africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Historically, the Black rhino has been one of the main seed dispersal agents of the sausage tree in the Okavango Delta and conservation...

Neil Aldridge / Giant fruit of the sausage tree (Kigelia africana) lies on the ground underneath its parent tree in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Historically, the Black rhino has been one of the main seed dispersal...

Derek Galon / Seeds of Bloodflower plant (Asclepias curassavica) blown by wind from their pod. Dominica, Eastern Caribbean, Lesser Antilles. Focus stacked photo.

Ernie Janes / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seeds blowing in the wind, England, UK, May.

Pedro Narra / Stinking hawk's beard (Crepis foetida) releasing seeds, Sado Estuary, Portugal. March

Nick Upton / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seeds dispersing on the wind in hay meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seeds dispersing on the wind in hay meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Ashley Cooper / Dandelions (Taraxacum officiniale) growing on South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. A non native invasive plant species that has spread rapidly and isout competing native species. They arrived when Nor...

Ashley Cooper / Coconut seedling (Cocos nucifera) on beach, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. March 2007. These islands are very low lying and susceptible to sea level rise.

Adrian Davies / Goat willow (Salix caprea) catkin shedding feathery seeds. Surrey, England, UK. May.

Adrian Davies / Goat willow (Salix caprea) catkin shedding feathery seed. Surrey, England, UK. May

Adrian Davies / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), development from bud to seed. Digital composite.

Adrian Davies / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed head shedding seeds. Surrey, England, UK. May.

Nick Upton / Seeds being blown from seedheads of Greater Bullrush / Reedmace (Typha latifolia) by a breeze in winter, Cotswold Water Park, Wiltshire, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Greater Bullrush / Reedmace (Typha latifolia) with seeds emerging in winter, Cotswold Water Park, Wiltshire, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Greater Bullrush / Reedmace (Typha latifolia) with seeds emerging in winter ready for dispersal on breezes, Cotswold Water Park, Wiltshire, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) with Burdock (Arctium sp) burrs stuck to its fleece, Cornwall, UK, October.

Nick Upton / Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) grazing on weeds in a stubble field with many Burdock (Arctium sp) burrs attached to their fleeces, Cornwall, UK, October.

Adrian Davies / Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) seeds bursting from pod. Ripe seed pods do this in the wild when hit by rain drops. Digital composite.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Farmer sowing seeds by hand, Velebit Mountains Nature Park, Croatia, April 2014.

Adrian Davies / Dipterocarp seeds (Shorea sp) falling from tree. Primary rainforest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Adrian Davies / Large winged seed of Javan cucumber (Alsomitra macrocarpa) Sabah, Borneo.

Adrian Davies / Large winged seed of Javan cucumber (Alsomitra macrocarpa) Sabah, Borneo.

Adrian Davies / Large winged seed of Javan cucumber (Alsomitra macrocarpa) with wings decaying, Sabah, Borneo.

Alan Williams / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seed heads shedding seed growing in field, Cheshire, England, UK. August.

Alan Williams / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seed heads shedding seed growing in field Cheshire, England, UK. August.

Alan Williams / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seed heads shedding seed growing in farm field Cheshire, England, UK. August.

Konrad Wothe / Seed dropping in lowland rainforest, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Seed germinating / growing in Elephant dung , Sioma Nqwezi Park, Zambia. November 2010.

Ernie Janes / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seeds blowing in the wind. UK, April.

Albert Lleal / Medick (Medicago sp) fruit with spines to enable animal dispersal, magnification 20x

Albert Lleal / Sticky-willy (Galium aparine) fruits with hooked spines were inspiration for invention of Velcro

Albert Lleal / Burdock (Arctium sp) entangled on the hair of a Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris), inspiration for the invention of Velcro

Albert Lleal / Yellow Vine (Tribulus terrestris) seed covered in sharp spines that enable dispersal, magnification 23x

Albert Lleal / Blue Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum creticum) noxious pasture weed seed with hooks to enable dispersal

Albert Lleal / Broad-leaf Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) fruits with hooked spines to enable animal dispersal, native to Europe and the Middle East, magnification 41x

Albert Lleal / Upright Hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica) spines on seed enable animal dispersal, magnification 800x

Albert Lleal / Carrot (Daucus carota) hooked spines on seed enable animal dispersal, magnification 30x

Albert Lleal / Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) fruits covered in spines enable animal dispersal, magnification 20x

Albert Lleal / Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) hooked spines on seed enable animal dispersal, magnification 20x

Adrian Davies / Seed of a Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) tree falling in autumn. Long exposure

Alex Hyde / Goose Grass (Galium aparine) close up of fruits which are covered in hooks that become lodged in the fur of animals, aiding seed dispersal. Focus stacked image. UK.

Jabruson / 'Boko' tree trunk (Balanites wilsoniana), lots of the tropical rainforest fauna enjoy the fruits and seeds of this species, including elephants and bush pigs, who help seed dispersal. Ba'Aka tribal pe...

Jabruson / 'Boko' tree trunk (Balanites wilsoniana), lots of the tropical rainforest fauna enjoy the fruits and seeds of this species, including elephants and bush pigs, who help seed dispersal. Ba'Aka tribal pe...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Willow (Salix fragilis) seed dispersal, Rutland Water, Rutland, England, UK, April. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Eric Baccega / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed blowing in the wind Alsace, France

Carol Walker / Wild horses / Mustangs, close up of mane tangled up with burrs and grass seeds, South Dakota, USA

Pascal Tordeux / Wild Oats (Arrhenaterum elatius) after seed dispersal. French Alps, August.

Laurent Geslin / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed head with seeds blowing away, Switzerland, May

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Willow (Salix fragilis) seed dispersal, Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Willow (Salix fragilis) seed dispersal, Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Willow (Salix fragilis) seed dispersal, Rutland Water, Rutland, UK, April

Nick Upton / Keeled, winged seed pods of Jerusalem thorn / Christ's thorn / Crown of thorns tree (Paliurus spina-christi) against blue sky, growing on coastal limestone hillside, Zadar province, Croatia, July.

Nick Upton / Keeled, winged seed pods of Jerusalem thorn / Christ's thorn / Crown of thorns tree (Paliurus spina-christi) growing on coastal limestone hillside, Zadar province, Croatia, July.

Jouan & Rius / Winged seed of a dipterocarp tree (Dipterocarpus sp) in tropical rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Boy (four years) blowing Dandelion seed heads, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA, May 2005, Model released

Stephen Dalton / Dandelion seed disperal (Taraxacum officinale) UK

Stephen Dalton / Sycamore tree {Acer pseudoplatanus} falling sequence of seed, multiflash image

Stephen Dalton / Norway Maple {Acer platanoides} multiflash sequence of seed falling

Bernard Castelein / Dandelion (Taraxacum vulgaria) seed head, Klein Schietveld, Brassschaat, Belgium

David Tipling / Young boy blowing Dandelion seed head, Norfolk, UK, May, model released

Adrian Davies / Milkweed / Swan plant (Gomphocarpus fruticosus), seed pod starting to disperse seeds, Sardinia, July.

Adrian Davies / Milkweed (Asclepias / Gomphocarpus fruticosus) Seed pod starting to disperse seeds. Sardinia, July.

Konrad Wothe / Seed of a rainforest tree falling, India

Jouan & Rius / Seed head of {Goodenia angustifolia} on sand desert, Central Australia, Australia

Kevin Schafer / Black Noddy (Anous minutus) with Grand Devil's-claws (Pisonia grandis) seeds stuck to feathers which aids in seed dispersal, Australia

Jasper Doest / Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) seed falling, Vlaardingen, Netherlands

Tim Laman / The large floating fruit and flower buds of a (Barringtonia sp) tree growing along a mangrove channel. Republic of Palau, Micronesia, December 2001.

Albert Lleal / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower head with achenes