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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Nature’s clean-up crew
What becomes of the leaves that fall in the forest every autumn? What keeps them from piling up each year and covering the world with leaves? Each spring, millions of baby insects eat into the...
Why animals live where they do
You eat bacon and cereal for breakfast. A bear eats fish and berries. Some kinds of animals eat only food from plants. Some kinds eat only other animals. Some animals eat both kinds of food. But each...
Living Together
> A monarch butterfly caterpillar can live wherever there are milkweed > plants. Everywhere in the world, different kinds of plants and animals live together. Some animals eat plants they live...