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Ant Plant Liaison
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- R. Gary Raham
The wild violet (Viola nuttallii) produces seeds with nutritious elaiosomes attractive to harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis). The plants time seed release to coincide with daily peak ant activity. This relationship between ants and plants is called myrmecochory.
- Collections: Botanical Art, Ecology, Entomology