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Pollination Ecology of Shooting Stars

Carthage College: Niemann Media Theater in the Hedberg Library 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha

In 2022, Dr. Jeff Karron and his associates began a multi-year collaborative field research project working at Chiwaukee Prairie, “a stunningly beautiful site with remarkable wildflower and pollinator populations”. Seed production in shooting stars requires visits by bees that vibrate the flowers at extremely high frequency, triggering the pollen to be released explosively out of