Wind Pollination

Wind pollination as the name suggests uses wind as the method of pollination. It does not require insects or other animal pollinators. Due to this adaptation the flowers are structured very differently to flowers that are pollinated by insects. Wind pollinated flowers are often brown or green and have small petals. Wind pollinated flowers do not have nectar and are unscented. They produce an abundance of pollen, much more than their insect pollinated counterparts. The pollen itself is very light and smooth so it can be picked up by the wind easily and so it doesn’t clump together and fall to the ground.The anthers of wind pollinated flowers hang outside the flower to facilitate wind dispersal.