A maple tree is clearly very different from a moss, yet over a long period of time, and step by step, early moss-like plants evolved to trees, including maples. The fossil record tells us about ...

Andrew Dickerson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air ...

Examples of wind dispersal strategies include tumbleweeds, parachutes such as dandelions and milkweeds, and winged seeds like those of the maple tree ... as most fossils lack wings and are ...