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your own.your own.

Take a second or (twenty) to name as many trees as you can off the top of our head.

What category What category of trees lose of trees lose their leaves their leaves every year?every year?

Oak TreeOak Tree

DeciduousDeciduous

LocustLocust Trees Trees

DeciduousDeciduous

Maple TreesMaple Trees

DeciduousDeciduous

Ash TreeAsh Tree

What category What category of trees do not of trees do not

lose their lose their leaves and leaves and produce produce cones?cones?

Blue SpruceBlue Spruce

Evergreen/Evergreen/ConifersConifers

Red SpruceRed Spruce

Berry/Seed/Seedpod Bearing Berry/Seed/Seedpod Bearing

What organisms might use these plants for food?What organisms might use these plants for food?

SeedpodSeedpod

Sycamore TreeSycamore Tree

BerryBerry

Blackberry BushBlackberry Bush

SapSap

Milkweed PlantMilkweed Plant

FlowersFlowers

What are some of the symbiotic relationships that exist between animals and plants What are some of the symbiotic relationships that exist between animals and plants that produce flowers?that produce flowers?

Spring Spring DaffodilsDaffodils

ButtercupButtercup

Red CloverRed Clover

Ferns and MossesFerns and Mosses

What role do these organisms play in ecological succession?What role do these organisms play in ecological succession?

FernFern

Athyrium Athyrium

otophorumotophorum

FernFern

A. niponicumA. niponicum var. var.

pictumpictum

‘Wildwood ‘Wildwood

Twist’Twist’

MossMoss

What important function do these organisms have in ecological cycles?

FungusFungus

Mustard-Mustard-

yellow yellow

PolyporePolypore

FungusFungus

LichenLichen

FungusFungus

Cracked-cap Cracked-cap

PolyporePolypore

What signs (markings) of animals may be found in nature?

DragonflyDragonfly

DeerDeer

Musk RatMusk Rat

FrogFrog