When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – ...

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Whether you know them as samara seeds, maple seeds, or helicopter seeds, most of us know the seeds that spin down to the ground on one or two blades. They have been served as the inspiration for ...

W hen 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 ...

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 ...

Andrew Dickerson, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air – and 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 it’s raining. Impacts by high-speed raindrops only ...