风不仅通过强制对流直接参与热量和物质转移，而且它对于包括花粉和种子及其他繁殖体的传播，以及植物的繁殖过程有着重要作用。风还能直接或间接地影响植被的分布，例如在沿海地区，风通过移动沙子和盐分来改变植被的分布。

Not only is wind directly involved in heat and mass transfer by forced convection, but it is important to plants in many ways including the dispersal of pollen and seeds and other propagules and in shaping vegetation, either directly or, particularly at coastal sites, by means of transported sand or salt.