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No Longer Ornamental: Norway Maple Invades

No Longer Ornamental: Norway Maple Invades. By: Noelle Williams & Yvonne Louis-Prescott. www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1733f3a.html. What We Will Address. Hypothesis / Question History Growing Habits Canopy Hosting of Detrimental Insect Proving Our Hypothesis Works Cited.

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No Longer Ornamental: Norway Maple Invades

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  1. No Longer Ornamental: Norway Maple Invades By: Noelle Williams & Yvonne Louis-Prescott www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1733f3a.html

  2. What We Will Address • Hypothesis / Question • History • Growing Habits • Canopy • Hosting of Detrimental Insect • Proving Our Hypothesis • Works Cited www.paconserve.org/alcoa-trees/norway_maple.html

  3. Hypothesis / Question • We believe that this invasive species will result in a dramatic change of plant and animal habitat for the area that it successfully invades   www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/n/n0168000.html

  4. History • Native to other countries • Introduced to U.S. in 1700s • Planted for shade www.theodora.com/maps/united_states_map.html

  5. Growing Habits • Growth rate • Seedlings • Canopy

  6. Canopy • Thick, dense produces intense shade and blocks sun • Leaf budding and falling • Effects on soil • Foliage

  7. Hosting of Detrimental Insect • Asian Longhorned Beetle • Lays eggs in the bark • Causes damage to structure

  8. Proving Our Hypothesis • Chain-reaction • Plant habitat • Animal habitat • Example of dominance in NE • Effect on sugar maple

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