Nature Moments: Sexing Plants in Winter

The latest Nature Moment from Bowdoin professor and Maine Audubon trustee Nat Wheelwright takes a closer look at the…well, we’ll let him explain it.

Depending on the species, plants either have separate sexes, like most animals, or they are bisexual. But how can you tell a plant’s sex in winter, when there are no flowers?

Nature Moments�are filmed with the help of Wilder Nicholson, Rebecca Goldfine, Tom Porter, Paul Benham and Genie Wheelwright.

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