Keshu

Dispersal

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Seeds contain embryo plants. When they start to grow, each plant need water, light and mineral salts in order to grow well.

If all the seeds just fell of the plant onto the ground, they would all be trying too grow in the same place. The new little plants would all compete with each other for water, light and mineral salts. They would also have to compete with the parent plant, too.

The new plants have a better chance of growing if they are in a different place. They need to be dispersed away from the parent plant and others

if seedlings (young plants) grow next to there parent plant they may not get enough water, light or mineral salts to grow well.

seedlings have a better chance of survival if they grow away from their parent and from others