Many cactus seed varieties require a stratification period, which means chilling the seeds to mimic the natural winter conditions they would experience in the wild. This helps trigger germination ...

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For other birds and for bats, however, seed germination was high after deposition ... whereas others, such as the cactus wren, had a 43% probability of using the shrubs for resting and defecation.