To determine whether insect vectors alone are responsible for all of the pollination that occurs in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), pistillate flowers of three trees in Vermont were covered with fine mesh bags. This procedure provided evidence that this species can receive sufficient pollen for pollination by wind alone, although both insects and wind are factors in pollen distribution under optimal weather conditions.
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