Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Northern Hemisphere
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Runners
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

The woodland strawberry bears pea-sized fruits that are dramatically more fragrant and flavorful than commercial varieties — the wild species concentrates aromatic compounds into a fraction of the volume. It spreads across forest edges and meadows via long runners (stolons) that root at nodes to form low, leafy colonies.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Fragaria
Species: Fragaria vesca