B.C. Ministry of Forests Forest Science Program
			Abstract for P069

		The Secret Life of TREE SEEDS
		Author or Ministry Contact: Dr. Carole Leadem
		Branch: Research
		Subject: Tree Seeds
		Series: Poster
		Other details: Published 1997.

Abstract

The Secret Life of TREE SEEDS

When you see a giant tree in the forest, do you ever stop and think that it all began with a tiny seed? A Sitka spruce seed weighing 2.2 mg can produce a tree 9.3 m high, with a weight more than 32 billion times that of the original seed. Here are some more interesting facts about a few of the tree seed of British Columbia.

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