Vegetation

FIRST NATIONS

How do the First Nations Survive?• The First Nations did have time to watch TV, they were always on the move• To survive they had to do everything by themselves• The five basic survival needs to survive are:• Food- found from animals, vegetation and the ocean seafood• Water- found from lakes, rivers and streams• Air- found from around the atmosphere• Clothes-found from animals with fur• Shelter-Build from any resources around them (logs, trees, bark, mud, twigs)

What is Vegetation?• Vegetation is the area or land in

which plants and crops grow.• There are three types of vegetation: • Natural vegetation; this is when the

plants and crops grow naturally without human intervention. (First Nation practice)

• Semi-Natural vegetation; this is when some human modifications require, but the rest is done by the spark of nature.

• Cultural vegetation; this is when the humans must succeed in planting the plants or crops individually without natures’ benefit.

Different Vegetation Regions•A vegetation region is a specific place in which a plant or crop grows•The tundra is a low vegetation regionBecause there is a scarce amount of soil•The coniferous forest has a high vegetation of coniferous trees and needs a rich amount of soil.•Wetlands have a high amount of shrubs, mosses and not much trees.

The 4 Seasons

• There are 4 seasons: Winter, summer, fall and spring.• Each season has it’s own affect on the vegetation.• Spring is the best time to plant cropsand plants because it is rainy.• Summer is growing season when everything forms and starts to grow.• Fall is the harvesting season where allthe crops and plants are meant to be harvested.• Winter is when you should keep your plants safe from the harsh cold season of winter.

Soil and Water•It depends on how much water you have and the abundance of soil to determine how a plant will grow. •Too much soil will lead to longer growth period resulting as a late harvest.•Too much water will make the soil expandand gain weight which might delay plant growth.•The plant’s growth and harvest must not be delayed for after winter because the plant would die and there would be less food for the clan, tribe, etc

First Nations and Modern times