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Plant #8 - Prairie/Non-Prairie
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Cabbage Palm: 1. The terminal bud, occurring at the base of the individual palm leaves, produces new leaves as the old one drop off with age. This bud can be eaten by humans and gives the plant its name. However, harvesting the "heart of palm" region for food means that new leaves cannot be created and the tree cannot survive long. 2. This tree produces clusters of small one-seeded black berries that are consumed and later deposited by a wide variety of animal species. While the foliage of young individuals is relatively tolerant of salt spray when establishing, they cannot survive salt exposure to their roots. Thus, animal transport helps to carry them over salt water bodies to sites with suitable soils. 3. When adult trees are transplanted, it can take at least 8 months for the thin fibrous roots to regrow and allow water absorption to continue. Therefore, only larger trees with sufficient water storage during that time will survive transplanting.
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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