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The Deciduous Forest

0. The Deciduous Forest. Name that tree!. 0. Forest layers. 0. Canopy. 0. Canopy. Tallest trees Tops of trees form a ceiling Treetops stop a lot of the light Protects the soil from erosion. 0. Understory. 0. Understory. Smaller trees with thin trunks Stop just below canopy

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The Deciduous Forest

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  1. 0 The Deciduous Forest Name that tree!

  2. 0 Forest layers

  3. 0 Canopy

  4. 0 Canopy • Tallest trees • Tops of trees form a ceiling • Treetops stop a lot of the light • Protects the soil from erosion

  5. 0 Understory

  6. 0 Understory • Smaller trees with thin trunks • Stop just below canopy • Wait for a gap to grow into

  7. 0 Shrub Layer

  8. 0 Shrub Layer • Small shrubs (woody stems but small) • Grow between the smaller trees

  9. 0 Red Raspberry

  10. 0 Forest Floor

  11. 0 Forest Floor • Dark • Covered in a layer of leaves, twigs, and dead plants • Decayed leaves provide nutrients to soil • Alive with invertebrates and microorganisms

  12. 0 Introduction to Leaf Identification Types of Leaves

  13. 0 Alternate or Opposite Leaves

  14. 0 Simple Leaf

  15. 0 Simple Leaf

  16. 0 Compound leaf

  17. 0 Compound Leaf

  18. 0 Compound leaves

  19. 0 Leaf Margins (edges) • Smooth

  20. 0 Serrated = with teeth

  21. 0

  22. 0 Veins • Parallel

  23. 0 Palmate

  24. 0 Pinnate

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