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Keys for seeds and their pods
Allow the children opportunities to create their own keys using the
pictures in this pack.
The picture of the seeds in the circles are the correct size.
They could even make a hanging mobile!
They could include more seeds and their pods from ones that they
identify or from websites such as: www.theseedsite.co.uk
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Flowering Maple Amur Maple
Seedpod is a slightly hairy Seeds are large and
ball with 8 chambers. woody, with a thin
Seeds are small brown woody wing, joined in
beans. pairs.
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Kiwi Fruit Papilionaceae
Seedpod is a fruit with Seeds are large,
brown fuzzy skin and flattish, round, light
green flesh. Seeds are brown.
small dark brown pips. Several seeds in a
Many seeds in each fruit. pod.
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Flamboyant
Angel’s Trumpet Pods are very long
Seedpod is round and brown bean pods.
prickly. Seeds are Seeds are large,
yellowish, flat, woody striped, brown, woody
ovals with a notch. Many beans. Several seeds
seeds in a pod. in a pod.
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Star of the Veldt
Globe Thistle
No seedpod. Seeds are
clustered together in a ball. No seed pod. Each
Seeds are large, flat beige flower produces a
oval discs, or short beige large smooth brown
twigs. Many seeds on a seed in a prickly calyx
seedhead. on the seedhead.
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Spurge
Willow herb Seedpod is a ball with
Seedpod is long and thin. three parts, light brown
Seeds are tiny brown balls and woody when ripe.
in a mass of creamy fluff. Seeds are large woody
Many seeds in a pod. brown beads. 3 seeds in
a pod.
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Day Lily
Fuchsia Seedpod is a long
boliviana cylinder divided into
Seedpod is a berry. Seeds three parts. Seeds
are very small brown are large shiny black
wedges. Several seeds in beads which shrivel
a pod. on storage.
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