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Botanist :: William Chasteen
This is all about the awesome plants
of the Deciduous forest.
Lady Fern
• This plant is primarily used as decorations in houses and
grows around 2-3 feet tall. they usually grow near rivers,
open thickets and open areas. many animals such as bears
and elks eat these plants while American Indians used to
use them as medicine for childbirth and heal wounds.
Pecan Tree
• ENORMOUS up to 160 Feet tall the Pecans we eat come
from this tree. Not endangered grows most in environments
that have a varying climate it uses flowers to make the nuts
which keep animals fertilizing it. over 250 Million pounds of
Pecans are produced from all the trees in the world in 1
year. This keep animals from eating the actual tree.
American Birch Tree
• 90-100 Feet Tall roots grow up to 60 Feet away from the tree to absorb
nutrients Their buds look like bullets cant live in the city large leaves It is
very sturdy and is used for many types of furniture their Nuts are easily
edible and they can be eaten without any special procedures. Some of the
roots are above ground and prohibit anything else from growing so it can
get all the nutrients.
• It can "stand" up to 10 feet tall which intimidates
herbivores and omnivores. It's berries can be used for
Ink while it's flower and bark can be used for other
purposes like medicine. In Canada people still use it as
a food source instead of cranberries, it lives in a cool
climate even in these forests.
Guelder Rose
Northern ArrowHead
• 4 inches long and 3
inches across They
used to be used by
Native Americans as
arrow shafts. many
animals eat either it's
leaves or berries can
grow up to 15 Feet Tall.
It grows along
waterways such as
rivers. It's flowers are a
decorators choice. this
plant is so large most
animals don't try to eat
it.
White Oak
• 80-100 feet tall, can live up to 500600 whole years, some flowers so
small invisible to the naked eye,
seeds are acorns eaten by multiple
animals it can grow almost
anywhere and defiantly not
endangered it's the 2nd common
tree in the world and the most
common in Europe and Eastern
united states, it has a tap root that
can go up to 20 feet deep as it
gets older the taproot is not
needed so it is replaced with
simple surface and underground
thin laterals grow. humans value it
as our main and most powerful
source of wood. The powerful
roots give it water and nutrients
the flower holds the acorns until it
is ready to plant a new tree.
Shagbark Hickory
• It looks Ashy like it was
lit aflame then
extinguished and has
different gender
flowers and they have
to be fertilized by each
other to reproduce the
tree 100 feet tall. This
tree grows best among
other Oak trees. It
makes animals don't
think it is alive so they
stay away.
Tawny Milk Cap
Mushrooms
• Edible, smells like fish, a major decomposed in
the ecosystem, eats wood by using special
chemicals, insects most commonly spread the
spores of this plant so it can reproduce, the
light doesn't help them grow it sucks the
nutrients from other things like water.
technically not a plant or a animal but a Fungi.
2 to 5 in wide and up to 9 in tall Found
primarily in the forests in Canada, Japan,
eastern united states and Europe the most
common decomposer in these areas it can turn
black so animals think it is dead and they don't
try to eat it even though it is edible With their
small shape they are easy to miss.
Poison Ivy
• Produces a defense
mechanism that
causes bare skin to
become irritated
when happens when
you run into Poison
Ivy, Poison Ivy is quite
common in these
forests. This plant is
very adaptable and
needs very little
nutrition for it to
grow it is quite a
simple plant. It has
normal roots and
everything else. just
its leaves covered in a
chemical it produces
called uruchiol is the
only abnormal part.
which keeps animals
away and humans.
Pine Tree
• very common in the forests that
are at a lower climate while
other trees are most common in
higher climates. Unlike most
other trees its leaves don't fall
off in the Fall. They are sharp
leaves and they fly in the wind
and fight against the harsh
conditions it's leaves staying
alive helps it get enough
nutrition in brutal landscapes .
this plant lives most commonly
in colder areas.