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[โ€“] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What? Trees have genders? I guess I learned something new!

[โ€“] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago

News to me too... And I think it might be wrong but I don't know enough to say with confidence.

how I thought it works is that trees have male and female parts, but a single tree can have both parts. And some trees can self-pollinate.

My uneducated guess is that it depends on the species, some are sexed and some are hermaphrodite. That's how it goes in the animal kingdom.