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Late in developing or blooming.
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Serotiny is an ecological adaptation exhibited by some seed plants, in which seed release occurs in response to an environmental trigger, rather than spontaneously at seed maturation. The most common and best studied trigger is fire. However, the term serotiny refers more broadly to plants that release their seeds over a long period of time, irrespective of the trigger or whether release is spontaneous. In this sense, the term is synonymous with bradyspory. * Possible triggers include: * Death of the parent plant or branch (necriscence, this death can be caused by fire) * Wetting (hygriscence) * Warming by the sun (soliscence) * Drying atmospheric conditions (xeriscence) * Fire (heat, essentially: pyriscence) * Fire followed by wetting (pyrohydriscence) * Fire is the most common and best studied case. Some plants may respond to more than one of these triggers. For example, Pinus halepensis exhibits primarily fire-mediated serotiny, but responds weakly to drying atmospheric conditions. Similarly, Sierr |