> 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...
Can plants see, or hear, or feel?
A sunflower seems to watch the sun. It slowly turns its flower head as the sun moves across the sky. Can a sunflower see? If you touch the leaves of a plant called the sensitive plant, they will...
Why a plant wilts
Have you ever seen fire fighters using a fire hose? The hose looks stiff and fat while water is running through it. But when the fire is over and the fire fighters turn off the water, the empty hose...
Do plants ever move?
Plants are moving all the time. But they move so slowly we just don't notice these movements. Instead of moving from one place to another, as animals do, plants move by growing. As a plant grows, it...
Why tree bark is rough
Bark is a tree's skin. It is tough and hard and protects the soft, inside part of the tree. A tree trunk grows from the inside out. Each year, a ring of new, soft wood grows around the trunk,...
Why some leaves have bumps
> insect galls on oak leaf > > When insects lay eggs on leaves, little bumps called galls swell up > all around the eggs. Sometimes, the leaves or stems of plants become spotted with little...
