Synopsis
George McGavin investigates the reproduction of an oak tree, and how millions of tiny pollen grains travel between one tree and another to pollinate female oak flowers.
- Programme: Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Biology | Reproduction, genetics and evolution | Reproduction | Pollination
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