Which plants spread their seeds by water?

In everyday life, many plants and flowers need to rely on external forces to spread their seeds, so do you know which ones spread seeds by water? Let's take a look!

1. What spreads seeds by water

Coconut, water lily, water hyacinth, and Barringtonia asiatica all need water to spread their seeds. With the help of water's buoyancy, they drift to various places.

2. What other ways do plants spread their seeds

1. Wind

Wind is everywhere, and the wind on Earth becomes a “free ride” for seeds to travel. Seeds dispersed by wind are generally small and light, and can float in the air and be blown far away by the wind; some seeds often have downy hairs, fruit wings, and so on on their surface, and these special structures are suitable for flying with the help of the wind.

2. Humans

Humans also help plants spread their seeds. Some seeds have bristles, barbs, or can secrete sticky liquid on the outside, and as soon as they are lightly touched, they immediately stick to people's clothes or animals' fur or feathers. When you discover them and pick them off, tossing them casually to the ground, at that moment, their wish to spread is fulfilled.

3. Their own power

Another way seeds spread is accomplished through their own power. The common bean pod, when it matures, its dry and hard skin, under the baking of the scorching sun, often bursts with a “pop”, and the seeds, like bullets fired from a gun barrel, are ejected into the distance, so economic crops such as soybean, rapeseed, and sesame all spread by their own power.