Strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa

Strawberries are sweet, red fruits that grow on low plants with green leaves. They are juicy and delicious to eat, often used in desserts like cakes and ice cream.

Lebensraum: Gardens, Fields

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The Strawberry is a low-growing plant with characteristic trifoliate green leaves, often slightly toothed. It produces small white or pinkish flowers. Its most distinct feature is the bright red, heart-shaped 'fruit' covered with tiny yellow seeds on its surface.

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Strawberry

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Strawberry plants can live and produce fruit for about five to six years.

Technically, a strawberry isn't a true berry; it's an 'aggregate accessory fruit'!

The juicy red part we eat is actually a swollen flower stem, not the plant's true fruit.

There's a museum dedicated entirely to strawberries in Wépion, Belgium!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Strawberry can send out 'runners' (stolons) to create new plants without seeds, helping it spread quickly.

Strawberry carries its seeds on the outside of its fruit. This helps animals disperse them easily when they eat the berry.

Strawberry plants produce a sweet, inviting aroma. This helps them attract various pollinators and seed dispersers.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 15-30 cm
Ausbreitung: 30-60 cm
Blütengröße: 1-2 cm
Blütezeit: Frühling
Essbar: Ja
Giftigkeit: Keine
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Helps strawberry flowers develop into fruit.

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Eats ripe berries, aiding seed dispersal.

eats

Spanish Slug

Arion vulgaris

Consumes leaves and ripe fruit of the plant.

eaten by

Deer Mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

Feeds on strawberry fruit and seeds.

Merkmale

Bodendecker

Bodendecker sind niedrig wachsende Pflanzen, die sich horizontal ausbreiten, um den Boden zu bedecken. Sie unterdrücken oft Unkraut und verhindern Bodenerosion.