Plants
Washington State University is currently studying this plant using dieback as an indicator.
What is western redcedar?
The plume from the Asacro Smelter plant spread to cover an area this large.
What is 1,000 square miles?
The tool used to do rapid tests for heavy metals in soil is called this.
What is a XRF?
This term describes the change in forests over time.
What is succession?
Statues of demons can be found in this forest in Japan?
What is Noboribetsu Forest?
This plant is used in wedding bouquets throughout the world but only grows here.
What is salal?
The Asarco smokestack was demolished in this year.
What is 1993?
What is 4.5?
The suppression of this disturbance has caused excessive woody debris in forests of Eastern Washington.
What is fire?
This forest is the largest and most biodiverse rainforest in the world.
What is the Amazon?
This tree is the predominant tree in the overstory in Point Defiance Park.
What is Dougas-fir?
The Asarco Smelter plant was closed in this year?
What is 1986?
A sample that is made by combining several smaller samples from a close proximity is called this.
What is composite sampling?
This term describes the role that a species plays in an ecosystem and where and how they access resources.
What is niche?
The pehuén (Araucaria araucana) also called monkey puzzle tree can be found in this forest.
What is the Valdivian Forest?
This tree found only near the coast can have cavities that are used by a number of mammals including porcupines.
What is a madrone?
At its tallest the Asarco smokestack was this tall.
What is 571 ft?
This tool is used by foresters to determine the height of a tree (and by golfers to determine slope of a course).
What is a clinometer?
When habitat is scarce, animals will move along this.
What is a corridor?
This rainforest in Australia is home to primitive plants and over 430 bird species.
What is Daintree Forest?
This parasitic plant causes trees to grow excessive branches that look like witches' brooms.
What is mistletoe?
These three metals were spread by the Asarco Smelter plant.
What is arsenic, lead, and cadmium?
Diameter of a tree is already calculated on a diameter tape using this math equation.
What is Circumference divided by pi?
This term describes a popular 1999 science fiction movie and the predominant landscape conditions of an area.
What is Matrix?
This forest is found in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma and includes at least 11,000 acres of old growth forest.
What are the Ozarks?