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Plant #7 - Prairie/ Non-Prairie
Transcript
Coconut Palm: 1. Despite being a tropical tree, the fruit and seed of this plant is eaten and is familiar around the world. These fruits provided ancient people traveling throughout the Pacific Ocean with a food and water source as well as boat building materials (such as the outrigger canoe). 2. Their free-floating fruits are adapted for long-distance dispersal through salt water oceans between islands. They are a regular feature of tropical coastlines around the world. 3. Given their popularity as food and utility for other purposes, this tree is grown in many places as an agricultural crop. Large concentrations of these tree can be seen on plantations where they can be harvested at a large-scale. 4. The tree crown contains about 30 to 40 palm leaves on average with each living about three years. A typical adult tree produces 12 to 16 new leaves per year
Description
Park Ranger: Resource Technician - Plant name is given (answer to first activity). Then, facts are given about this plant. Activity - can you determine if this is a prairie or non-prairie plant?
Credit
NPS: A. Stiles
Date Created
04/02/2023
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