level: Into to Plant Communities
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Into to Plant Communities
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a plant community? | Naturally occurring assemblage of plant species that interact with each-other and their physical environment |
| What are the 4 factors that influence the type of plant community? Explain. | Biotic factor: Living factors, do humans live there? Past and present. Other plants and animals Edaphic factors: related to soil. Physiography: topography, slope, canyons, ridges, elevations Climate: Temp, wind, precipitation. |
| How to determine plant dominance? | Size, abundance. |
| Difference between Woodland, Forest, Scrub | Woodland: low density trees Forest: Higher density trees Scrub: drought tolerant bushes |
| Explain Ecological succession | The plant community changes due to disturbances. |
| What plant community is this? | Salt marsh |
| What is this plant community? | Salt grass |
| What plant community? | Coastal strands |
| What plant community? | Coastal sage scrub |
| plant community? | Chapparal |
| Plant community? | Riparian |
| Plant community? | grasslands |
| Plant community? | Oak Woodland |
| Has sequoias, ponderosa pines, white furs | Lower montane forest |
| Has lodgepole pines and red furs | Upper Montane Forest |
| What is just below tree line | Sub alpine |
| What is above tree line | Alpine |
| What plant community? | Sagebrush Scrub |
| Plant community? | Pinyon-Juniper Woodland |
| What kind of tree? | Singleleaf Pinyon |
| What kind of tree? | Juniper |
| Plant community? | Joshua Tree woodland |
| Plant community? | Creosote Bush Scrub |
| What plant? | Creosote bush |
| Plant community? | Desert Wash |
| What plant? | Palo Verde |
| What tree? | Smoke tree |
| What plant community? | Palm Oasis |