Haulin' Pollen

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Across
  1. 3. attracts pollinators at night
  2. 8. type of symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
  3. 10. these gymnosperms still rule much of the No Hemi
  4. 13. plant that lives only 1 year or season
  5. 15. two unrelated species that adapt in tandem
  6. 17. best pollinator
  7. 19. part of a flower that contains pollen
  8. 21. used to carry pollen back to nest or hive
  9. 23. among the earliest land plants
  10. 24. mechanism for pollen dispersal for conifers, grasses
  11. 25. superficial resemblence between unrelated
  12. 27. scent used by plants to attract fly pollinators
  13. 29. describes bees with a preference for 1 kind flower
Down
  1. 1. Fossils in this period show flower/insect relation
  2. 2. curl their long tongues
  3. 4. plant group includes conifers; literally naked seeds
  4. 5. these flowers' nectar guides often a bullsey pattern
  5. 6. plant group protects seeds within fleshy vessel
  6. 7. many flowers show nectar guides in this color
  7. 9. Flower nectar processed by bees
  8. 11. ripened carpel containing seeds
  9. 12. theorist baffled by flowering plants rapid evolution
  10. 14. study of fossil record to learn about plant
  11. 16. structure that supplies nectar to animals
  12. 17. these pollinators lack smell but see red
  13. 18. these flies mimic bees
  14. 20. defining feature of angiosperms
  15. 22. insect pollination advantage over wind, water disperse
  16. 26. pollinate night blooming plants
  17. 28. dance of honeybees for communication