Reproductive Flowering Plant Structures

Reproductive Structures

• Grasses: fruits and seeds develop from flowers; check the flowering portions of the grass to see if seeds are developing; collect the entire flowering structure when the seeds are developed

(USDA Plant Database image of redtophttp://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=agal3_002_avd.tif )

Cut here

Harvest entire structure when seeds appear

Reproductive Structures

• Non-Grasses: fruits and seeds develop from flowers; check the flowering portions of the grass to see if seeds are developing; collect the entire flowering structure when the seeds are developed

USDA Plants Database Image

http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=melu_001_avd.tif

Harvest entire structure when seeds appear

Cut here