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Taking a Deeper Look at the Community at Nash Crater
Taking a Deeper Look at the Community at Nash Crater
What species are present in this forest? Are the forest layers well represented? Is it a mature forest?
Tree Identification & Community Analysis
Tree Identification & Community Analysis
Keep in mind as you watch the videos
Keep in mind as you watch the videos
Take notes using the community analysis pages for each site provided in the assignment.
Identify which species are present in the different layers of this forest
Get a sense of the structural complexity of the forest
Note any special points of interest
Soil Analysis & Introduction to Fire Ecology
Soil Analysis & Introduction to Fire Ecology
Keep in mind as you watch the video
Keep in mind as you watch the video
Note the characteristics of the soil
Describe the effect of this soil on the vegetation
Identify the successional stage of this forest
Answer these questions:
What species dominates the landscape?
What are the two types of cones this species has?
Why does it have two types of cones?
In what other ways is this species adapted to fire?
Check Your Knowledge
Check Your Knowledge
A few of the species at Nash Crater.
See if you can ID the plants below from what you saw on the video ... answers on the next page.
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