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HEPATICA
(Hepaticaacutiloba)
americanum), and Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria).
In addition to blooming early, many spring ephemerals (bloodroot, trout-lily, wild ginger, corydalis, twinleaf, trilbums, violets, Dutchman’s breeches) are notable for producing elaiosomes, fleshy fat-rich bodies attached to the outside of seeds.
For ants sake!
Studies have shown that the chemical constituents of elaiosomes, especially various fatty adds, are highly attractive to many ant spedes, sometimes drawing them from great distances away. We usually do not see this in the field because ants remove seeds as quickly as they’re formed, take them to their nests, and feed the elaiosomes to larvae. The seeds are
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