Persistence (botany)

[2] Many species of woody plants with persistent fruit provide an important food source for birds and other wildlife in winter.

Related terms such as long-persistent, generally deciduous, and caducous suggest that some plant parts are more persistent than others.

[4] There are numerous herbaceous and woody plant species that produce persistent parts such as bud scales, sepals (calyx), fronds, fruits, seeds, strobili (cones) or styles.

[6] After the ovary is fertilized in the spring, it fuses with the calyx to form a greenish fruit, which eventually becomes woody and brown.

[17] In the fall, the ripe fruit suddenly splits, explosively dispersing black seeds up to 10 m (33 ft).