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10 Cards in this Set
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The Living World |
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Lianas |
Woody creepers use trees as climbing frames to reach the canopy |
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Emergents |
Fast growing trees grow taller than the canopy to reach the sunlight |
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Epiphytes |
Plants that grow high up on other trees and get their nutrients from air and water |
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Drip tips |
Pointed off ends of leaves that allow heavy tropical rain to drip off |
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Buttress |
Massive ridges that help support tall trees |
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Leaching |
Nutrients are dissolved or washed out of the soil by heavy rain |
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How Shifting Cultivation works |
1- Area cleared 2- Plants grown on land for many years 3- Soil becomes infertile 4- Original area regenerated |
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Agro-forestry |
Growing trees and crops at the same time |
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Selective logging |
Trees only felled when they reach a certain height, this allows young trees a gaurenteededd life-span |
