Napa RCD Weekly Activity Digest - 14th Edition
Happy Pollinator Week from Napa RCD!
“Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.” What am I? J. R. R. Tolkien fans may recognize this classic riddle from Lord of the Rings, but it also plays an important role in our conversation this week about pollinators!
The answer is the WIND. Did you know that wind pollinates 12% of flowering plants? And wind pollination even has a special scientific name:
anemophily.
Grasses, trees, and wine grapes are generally wind pollinated, whereas many of our food plants (75% of the world's food crops), and the plants we love for their colorful flowers, rely on wildlife like bugs, birds, and bats to carry pollen from plant to plant.
This week is National Pollinator Week and we invite you to investigate, restore, and celebrate the wildlife that pollinate!
Check out this week’s resources on pollinators and let us know what YOU observe!
Tag us on social media @NapaRCD and #WILDnapa, or email
Education@NapaRCD.org.
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Many thanks to the following education and outreach activity sponsors for their support: NOAA, County of Napa, Napa County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program, City of Napa, the Watershed Information and Conservation Council, and Friends of the Napa River.
