What can you tell me about pollen in the air?

http://www.cabq.gov/airquality/pollen.ht... has some good information...if I lived in Canada. Thinking more mid-Atlantic states here, but any information is good. Is that what gives outdoor air such a clean, fresh scent? Tree pollens--and why would a tree release pollen?

What can you tell me about pollen in the air?
Outdoor air has a clean, fresh scent if the outdoor air is clean and fresh ... ie, unpolluted. Pollen would have litle to do with clean air. In fact a lot of people are allergic to wind-borne pollen. A tree releases pollen to fertilize flowers of the same species to produce seeds for the next generation. This is not all trees ... trees with flowers usually have insects or birds that transfer their pollen and, therefore, do NOT want their pollen just blowing around randomly. Wind-pollinated trees, however, do just that and have specially receptive types of stigmas to catch the pollen. Because the pollination is random, large amounts of pollen are usually produced to ensure that some grains reach their target. Examples of wind-pollinated trees: Chestnut, Pecan, Pistachio, Walnut, Cottonwood, Boxelder, Maples, Oaks, Liquidambar and some willows. Conifers are almost exclusively pollinated by wind ... I have seen pollen produced in huge quantities by a pine tree.
Reply:some people's bodies do not react to it (mine)


some do (husband and son)





as I understand it, it attaches itself to your passages in the nose and the body fights it. Thereby...problems.
Reply:All I can..ahhh...choo, tell you about....ahh..ahh.chooo pollen in the AACHOO air is that it doesn't AHH choo!! have much of AAAuuchoo~ a noticable effect on me.....aaaaaaacho!!!~~~
Reply:Its annoying!
Reply:i know that if fuks with my sinuses hardcore and since i work in a cereal plant i deal with the sht all the fuking time
Reply:Pollen comes from the little bees you see floating around they pollinate from flower to flower.Watch the discovery channel- they have some really interesting stories about insects and the environment around you.
Reply:a tree releases pollen to help spread its seeds...

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