Question 9 of 10: Identify which of these statements about the fruit of the poplar is incorrect.
A
Since poplars must devote a large part of their resources to producing fruits, they only bear them once about every five years.
B
These seeds, with a long white tuft of "hair", are what gave some species of poplars the common name of "cottonwood" in English.
C
The fruit, a catkin, encloses small, light seeds with a pappus. They are a good example of anemochory.
D
You would have to gather hundreds of thousands of seeds to equal the weight of a single coconut!
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