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Glossary - Ecological

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What is an Evergreen?
A plant having foliage that remains green thoughout the year.
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What is an Epiphyte?
Epiphytes are plants that live attached to a plant (or other structure like a rock, telephone pole or a building and not in the ground)...
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What is a Detrivore?
An organism that feeds on large bits of dead and decaying organic matter. What detrivores leave behind is used by decomposers. Crabs and seabirds are examples of detrivores.
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What is Deciduous?
Plants that lose their leaves at the end of the growing season.
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What is a crown?
The upper part of the tree with the live branches and foliage.
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What is a Consumer?
An individual who buys products or services for personal use and not for manufacture or resale.
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What is a Conifer?
Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs.
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What is Cold Composting?
Composting under conditions where the temperatures do not rise to 140° F, which lets nature take its course in a more leisurely manner and leaves many pathogens and seeds dormant in the pile.
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What are Chronic Toxins?
Toxins that occur over a long period of time, either continuously or intermittently.
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What is Chlorophyll?
A green photosynthetic pigment found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that help convert carbon dioxide to carbohydrates and oxygen.
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