Wildlife
What is a snag?
How does the canopy of forests help water?
it cools bodies of water
What is a lacustrine deposit?
What is the network that allows trees to talk to each other called?
Mycorrhizal Network
What is a free floating native aquatic plant with 1-3 flat, ovaline, light green leaves which grows in dense colonies in calm water?
Duckweed
What is one example of an aerealist?
gull, tern, pelican, shearwater, or frigate
What is co-dominant tree?
one that has medium sized crowns that form the general crown cover and receive sunlight from above
What class of soil has the least capable soils for pasture or woodland?
Class 7
What is mesophication?
What is tidal or non-tidal wetland/deep water habitat situated in a depression or damned river which lacks trees, shrubs, and emergents?
Lacustrine system
What is on the gall of the bald cypress trees?
maggots
what elevation do boreal forests exist at?
5500 feet and above
What type of soil may be seen in compacted soil layers?
What is the biggest benefit of RCPs?
What are he fluid filled organs associated with the lateral line that allow a fish to stay upright?
Statocysts
What is an example of an altricial animal?
Cardinal
What might a pine tree look like if it was infested with Pine Sawflies?
Stunted or deformed
What type of erosion would occur in a place with gentle slopes?
Rill Erosion
What invasive plant is expected to increase its range, causing a threat to forest health?
Kudzu
What is the percentage of the state of North Carolina considered to be wetland?
17%
An animal eats insects and other small arthropods. What is this animal?
spring peeper
A tree has needles that are green, twisted, 1.5-3 inches long, and in bundles of two. What tree is this?
Virginia Pine
What type of soil has 8 inches of organic toil in the upper 16 inches?
epipedon soils
How much warmer was the average global temperature in 2011 than 1901-2000?
2.61 C or 1.45 F
A species breeds during the springtime and nests in calm, shallow water near vegetation guarded by males. Females lay between 11,000 and 188,000 eggs which hatch in a few days. What species is this?
Black crappie