Life in the ocean Diatoms are tiny plants that live in the ocean. They can be seen only with a microscope. Diatoms are green plants, and make their own food. Tiny, shrimplike copepods eat them....
Underwater forests and meadows
> ocean community Most ocean plants live in shallow water where they can get plenty of sunlight. Some plants live only in the salty water of the ocean. These plants live together in strange...
Plants of ponds, lakes, and rivers
Life in ponds, lakes, and rivers Plants that grow in and around ponds, lakes, and rivers give food and shelter to many animals. Grebes and other water birds use these plants to make nests....
Plants that like wet feet
Cats don't like wet feet. But the plants called cattails do. And so do many other kinds of plants. So these plants often live together in ponds, lakes, and rivers. Cattails, bulrushes, and bur reeds...
Plants of the grassland community
> Grasses and small plants with white or colored flowers are neighbors > in a grassland. or bushes grow on a grassland, but there are many small plants with white or colored flowers. Big herds of...
Giant lawns
Grass doesn't need as much water as trees and bushes do. So grass grows well in wide, flat places that are too dry for trees but not dry enough to be deserts. These places are like giant lawns. They...
Plants of the woodland community
Oak, maple, and hickory trees are common in the woodland. > Plants of the > > woodland community Life in the woodlands In fall, the leaves change color. Most birds fly south for winter. Snakes,...
Where the plants change their clothes
Do the trees where you live change their clothes during the year? Do they wear light green buds in the springtime, dark green leaves in the summer, and beautiful reds, golds, and purples in the fall?...
Nature’s Neighbors
Do you know that plants live in communities just as people clo? A forest is a plant community of many trees. A pond is a community of many water plants. Prairies, deserts, and oceans are plant...
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