Woodland and Forest Habitat. What is a habitat? The place where an animal or plant lives.

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Woodland and Forest Habitat

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Woodland and Forest Habitat

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What is a habitat?

The place where an animal or plant lives

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What does a forest look like?

How is a forest different from a desert?

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What are in forests?

Soil, water, plants, animals and trees

The land is covered by trees, soil, water and full of wildlife.

There are five major layers in a forest

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What are the layers of the forest?

CanopyUnderstoryShrub LayerHerbal LayerForest Floor

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Canopy

Highest layer in the forest Filled with the largest and oldest trees Owls, hawks and eagles fly and live here

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Understory

  Just beneath the Canopy and above the Shrub layer

Middle sized and aged trees

Squirrels, cardinals and other birds

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Herbal Layer

Above the forest floor Wildflowers and dandelions Ruffed grouse, rabbits and foxes

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Forest floor

The ground and underground Tree roots, fungi, grass and weeds Earthworms, insects and spiders

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What is the top layer of the forest?

Name an animal that lives in the understory.

What type of plant grows in the shrub layer?

Where do dandelions and wildflowers grow?

What is the bottom layer of the forest?

ReviewCanopy

Cardinals, other small birds and squirrels

Small trees, bushes and shrubs

Herbal Layer

Forest Floor

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Hibernate

Sleep during the wintertime

What animals hibernate?

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