Für statistische Zwecke und um bestmögliche Funktionalität zu bieten, speichert diese Website Cookies auf Ihrem Gerät. Das Speichern von Cookies kann in den Browser-Einstellungen deaktiviert werden. Wenn Sie die Website weiter nutzen, stimmen Sie der Verwendung von Cookies zu.
Cookie akzeptieren- Brainstorm3000
- 2017
- Gebunden
- 36 Seiten
- ISBN 9780965117456
A seed pod blows onto the desert floor and begins its adventure surviving in the desert. The pod is picked up by a desert dove, dropped, eaten by a deer, digested and expelled, swept up in a rainstorm, and sprouted into a seedling. It's first trial of survival is when it repels a rabbit intent on eating its delicate leaves. The seedling protects itself by pricking the rabbits nose with its natural forming thorns. The tree grows and produces flowers and seed pods that feed the desert animals. Distribution of the seeds result in growth of new trees that surround the mother tree. Years pass and the unpredictable climate brings a long period of drought. Mesquite trees survive by losing their leaves and storing their water. With their tap roots that can reach up to 200 feet, they survive with water stored in underground aquifers. Years pass, limbs break, all the animals and humans leave, yet the mesquite trees survive. Boom, boom, a dramatic desert storm drops buckets of water onto the desert floor and the trees flourish once again. Mesquite trees come with colorful names such as Velvet Mesquite, Screwbean Mesquite and Honey Mesquite. They are found in the Sonoran, Mohave, and Chihuahuan deserts of North America as well as far reaching parts of the world such as South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The book has a facts section that introduces desert animals that take shelter or sustenance from mesquite trees. Among these animals are White Winged Doves, Mule Deer, Jackrabbits, coyotes, and Gambel's Quail with a look at a prehistoric ground sloth. For botany lovers, the leaf stomata are introduced to learn how tree leaves maintain and release moisture and how the dropping of leaves allows the tree to conserve water. An explanation of the relationship of fungus and tree roots is explained and the method of communication between trees is addressed. A big player
Mehr
Weniger
zzgl. Versand
in Kürze