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Self- Pollination

by Jennifer Boothroyd

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Boothroyd, Jennifer, 1972
Self-pollination / by Jennifer Boothroyd.
pages cm. (First step nonfiction - Pollination)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4677-5740-9 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4677-6227-4 (eBook)
1. Self-pollinationJuvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: First step nonfiction. Pollination.
QK926.B663 2015
571.8642dc23 2014019897

Manufactured in the United States of America
1 CG 12/31/14

Table of Contents

Pollination

Look at this bee. Pollen
from a flower is sticking to
its legs!

The pollen falling off this bee
pollinates the new flower.

The bee flies to a different
flower. This flower gets
pollinated.

Most plants are pollinated
with pollen from other
plants.

Pollinated plants
can grow seeds.

seeds

This kind of pollination is
called cross- pollination.

English sundews make seeds
using their own pollen.

Self- pollinating plants use
their own pollen to grow
seeds.

How Self- Pollination Works

Some self- pollinating plants
live in places with extreme
weather.

Few bees or other insects
can live in these spots.

Yellow rattle plants grow
where it is cold and dry.

Luckily, many self- pollinating
plants do not need help
from insects.

Pollen does not have to move far
on these small bur clover flowers.

Self- pollinating plants often
have smaller flowers.

The smaller size makes it
easier for the plant to self-
pollinate.

The pollen made by the
plant rubs off inside the
flower.

Self- Pollinating Plants

Many kinds of plants self-
pollinate.

Dandelions self- pollinate.

Tomato plants self- pollinate.

Soybeans self- pollinate.

Arctic poppies
grow in Alaska.

Arctic poppies self- pollinate.

Lettuce pollinates
before the flowers open.

Lettuce self- pollinates.

Concord grapes self- pollinate.

Pollination is an important
part of the life of a plant.

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