corn tassel
Maize pollen plume
The corn tassel is the flowering structure at the top of a corn plant—a feathery cluster of male flowers that releases pollen to fertilize the silks below.
When farmers say corn is tasseling, the plants have reached this reproductive stage.
Tassels appear in midsummer, signaling the crop is approaching maturity.
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- stalkPlant's vertical support
- huskDry seed covering
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
- fieldArea of specialty
golden · amber waves · summer · harvest · fertilization · anthers · wind · farm · farm country · sway · tall · green · rustling · grain · pollinate · agriculture · crop · Midwest
- cornhominy, husk, masa, grits, polenta
- seed headsdandelion puff, milkweed pod, sunflower head, cattail, poppy pod