The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131922   Message #3884386
Posted By: Steve Shaw
24-Oct-17 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Signs of Autumn
Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
Beech trees are monoecious, that is, they bear flowers of both sexes on the same plant. Unlike with many flowering plants male and female parts are in separate flowers (which is what "monoecious" means), but on the same tree. The product of the male flowers has you sneezing in the spring and the product of the female flowers feeds the wild boar in the autumn.