Nature 101

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Across
  1. 2. A place with lots of trees and other plants
  2. 4. There are ____ forests or meadows on the borderlands
  3. 6. A dry forest tree with bark that looks like burnt potato chips
  4. 7. The bottom of the hill where wet forests or wet meadows are found
  5. 9. A place with a lot of tall grasses and weeds, but no trees
  6. 11. A wet forest tree that has thorns and is often called the "toothache tree"
  7. 12. A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time
  8. 13. A group of interacting plants and wildlife in a given area
  9. 14. An organism that grows on dead plants to help them become soil (hint: it is not green)
Down
  1. 1. There are ____ forests or meadows on the uplands
  2. 3. The tree that gives us the sap to produce maple syrup
  3. 4. Trillium, jewelweed, ox-eye daisies and others
  4. 5. A place that provides food, water, shelter, and space for a particular living thing
  5. 8. One animal eats a plant, and that animal then gets eaten by another animal
  6. 9. A wet forest tree with branches that look strong
  7. 10. The top of the hill where dry forests or dry meadows are found