Did you know that bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) is the fastest plant in the world? The tiny bunchberry flowers are highly elastic and when tripped by a pollinator or by the wind, will shoot pollen out into the air in half a millisecond. This speedy pollen release gives bunchberry the nickname 'crackerberry' as the flowers explode pollen like a firecracker.
Video shots of a bunchberry flower opening at 10,000 frames per second to capture pollen release. (Image credit: D. Whitaker, M. Laskowski, A. Acosta, J. Edwards.)
Unless otherwise labeled, all photos taken by AMC research staff.
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