Forest vocab

Question 1

Maritime Forest (n)

Answer 1

The forest by the sea which contain oaks and palms.

Question 2

Canopy (n)

Answer 2

The uppermost branchy layer of a forest

Question 3

Understory (n)

Answer 3

The plants of a forest that grow low to the ground.

Question 4

Epiphyte (n)

Answer 4

A plant that Lives on another plant.

Question 5

Salt-shearing (v)

Answer 5

Pruning of tree limbs, buds and leaves the salt carried in the sea breezes.

Question 6

Community (n)

Answer 6

Populations of all species that live in a habitat and interact within that habitat.

Question 7

Climax Community (n)

Answer 7

a stable long established community that doesn’t change with time and doesn’t need outside help

Question 8

Succession (N)

Answer 8

The changes in species composition that lead to a climax community

Question 9

Microclimate (n)

Answer 9

The essentially uniform local climate of a small habitat.

Question 10

Dune Ridge (n)

Answer 10

Upland ridges originally formed from sand dunes on relic beaches.

Question 11

Swale (n)

Answer 11

Low area between dune ridges.