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Article: Pollen poses allergy risk
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- The Nelson Mail
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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Bees like all that pollen and nectar in the garden, but plenty of
people don't.
Allergies are all too familiar at this time of year when blossom
is out and wind-blown pollen flies around.
In terms of pollination, plants fall into two types - those with
insect-pollinated or wind-pollinated flowers.
Wind-pollinated plants such as pines and grasses tend to produce
copious quantities of pollen to ensure the effective pollination of
randomly situated compatible plants.
By contrast, those plants pollinated by insects will use all kinds
of trickery such as sweet nectar and fragrance to attract their
pollinators.
Allergy New Zealand says wind-pollinated plants are most likely to
cause ...