Why tree-line trees are short Every winter, snow covers the trees that grow near the tree line on mountains. The snow is about as deep one winter as the next. When a tree is young, snow covers it...
Plant communities on mountains
> mountainside communities Forest, grassland, tundra, and even desert communities may all be found on a mountainside. A mountain is like a little world. It has many kinds of plant communities,...
Plants of the tundra community
tundra community The tundra is a great frozen plain, far in the north. Even during these warmer, sunny days, a fierce, terrible wind blows over the tundra. So only tough, sturdy plants that grow...
Plants of the frozen north
Far in the north, on the edge of the great sea that reaches to the North Pole, there is a great, flat plain called the tundra....
Plants of the desert community
Life in the desert During the day, the desert looks lifeless. Most desert animals hide where they can escape the heat. When the sun goes down, a desert quickly cools. Desert rodents look for...
Plants that like it hot and dry
Desert plants are able to live without much water. A desert seems like a bad place for plants. In most deserts, the sun is burning hot, and there's little water. Yet, many plants do live in...
Plants of the rain forest community
rain forest community In a rain forest the trees are huge, and vines are as thick as a man's leg. Many people live in rain forests around the world. Life in the tropical rain forest Life is...
Where trees take lots of baths
Many kinds of trees grow best where it is always hot and where they get lots of shower baths from the rain. These trees live together in forests in hot parts of the world where it rains heavily all...
Plants of the northern forest community
Most trees in the northern \< forest are conifers---trees that have cones. > Plants of the northern forest community > bunchberry Life in the northern forest Evergreen trees grow close...
The Christmas trees’ home
In the northern parts of the world, winters are long and cold and summers are cool. This is where many of the trees people use as Christmas trees live. There are huge forests of spruce trees, fir...
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