In the past few weeks, maple trees have been dropping samaras, or more commonly referred to as “helicopter” seeds in vibrant red and pink colors. But what’s causing the change in color?

If you live somewhere with maple trees, you've probably seen their striking helicopter seeds—made up of a seed pod attached to a delicate wing.

You may have noticed lots of those helicopter maple tree seeds filling up rain gutters or piling up on the sidewalk this year. State Forester Tivon Feeley says the large amount of seeds created a ...

Helicopter launching pad. In a sure sign of spring, this branch of a red maple tree will soon be releasing its flying seed pods, which people often refer to as little helicopters.

A maple tree in Walford continues to leaf-out March 30 as conditions warm. ... Seeds, samaras, helicopters: Whatever you call maple seeds, there is a bumper crop this spring in Iowa.

In the past few weeks, maple trees have been dropping samaras, or more commonly referred to as “helicopter” seeds in vibrant red and pink colors. But what’s causing the change in color?

If you live somewhere with maple trees, you’ve probably seen their striking helicopter seeds – made up of a seed pod attached to a delicate wing. Maple samaras’ unique design and spinning movement can ...

When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and can even spin when i Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and can even spin when it’s raining. Impacts by high-speed ...

A hop tree seed uses a single, wafer-shaped seed to flutter, while triplaris seeds have three wings that achieve a helicopter-like spin. Researchers still aren’t sure how raindrops can affect ...

When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and can even spin when it’s raining. Impacts by high-speed raindrops only ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Dickerson, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) When wind or other ...