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3. Material in lake water exposed when water level is lowered or land elevation raised.
6. Change from liquid to vapor or gas.
7. Changes over time in ecosystem structure and function.
9. Dark, decomposed organic soil material.
10. Grasses and forbs with soft stems, including weeds and flowers.
13. Plants retaining leaves in winter, often conifers but can be broadleaf like live oak.
15. Nearly level land near ocean shores from marine deposits.
17. Tree growing above forest canopy or a plant emerging from water in wetlands.
18. Flowering plant or fern with soft, not woody, stem.
21. Succession starting where no previous vegetation exists.
22. Land measurement equal to 43,560 square feet or a square with 209 feet on each side.
23. Small green nonvascular plants.
24. Nearly level plain bordering a stream, subject to flood unless protected.

1. Level basin bottom often covered with runoff water.
2. State-listed species needing monitoring for potential threat or endangerment.
4. Plants with seeds in pods, often improving soil fertility by adding nitrogen, e.g., alfalfa, clover, soybeans.
5. Symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus.
8. Woody plants usually under 12 feet tall with multiple main stems.
11. Plant bearing naked seeds in cones, usually needle leaf trees.
12. Succession starting after a site with previous vegetation is disturbed.
14. Removal of forest or other crops for market use.
16. Plants shedding leaves annually, usually hardwood trees and shrubs.
19. Deciduous or broadleaf trees.
20. Higher elevation land than alluvial plain or stream terrace; above lowlands.