Ecology of Shrub Crossword

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  1. 2. Term for plant that is indigenous to an area.
  2. 5. Three levels describing the aspects of biodiversity of an ecosystem include structure, composition, and ______________. Function
  3. 8. Symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots of most plant species, aide in plants ability to gather nutrients and water from the soil.
  4. 10. Name for group of animals that turn soil.
  5. 11. Common name for the tallest species of sage brush.
  6. 16. Most palatable shrub for sagegrouse.
  7. 18. Class of chemical in lupine and junipers. Also found in nicotine and caffeine.
  8. 19. Control exerted by terminal bud over the outgrowth of later buds.
  9. 20. Nursery shrub, usually growing in groups. Has deep, structural roots, and a growth period in spring and summer. Sometimes mistaken for sage due to trifoliate leaves, but can be distinguished by other features.
  10. 21. Common name for species introduced to North America accidently as a contaminant of alfalfa and clover seed.
  11. 23. Common name for species of sage that flowers in the spring on shallow, often saline soils.
  12. 24. The practice of planting long, narrow bands of flame resistant vegetation to act as fireblocks.
  13. 25. Tool used for shrub management.
  14. 27. Scientific name for bitterbrush.
  15. 31. Class of compound that plays a role in plant defense against herbivory.
  16. 34. Non-woody plant with little secondary cellulose.
  17. 35. Easily herded browser with large liver, used for shrub management.
  18. 36. Common polymer negatively associated with palatability.
  19. 40. Form of scat, common in winter when sage grouse are restricted to a diet of sage leaves and must digest out volatile oils.
  20. 42. Soil texture is a combination of relative proportions of silt, sand, and _________.
  21. 43. Tool used to determine the relative productivity or growing condtions of a particular location.
  22. 44. Common name for keystone species that digs burrows and helps create soil.
  23. 45. Native to the Colorado Plateau, this shrub is recognizable by its distinctive, pink colored, feathery plumes.
  24. 46. Type of leaf used to identify sage. Aka overwintering.
  25. 48. Genus used to make ‘mormon tea'.
  26. 49. Name for a type of plant that is out of balance with its surroundings; usually not involved in the local ecosystem and have different phylogeny than local plant community members.
Down
  1. 1. The ability of a plant to be eaten.
  2. 3. Plant specimen, like a sample.
  3. 4. Chemical found in sage that is fluorescent under UV light.
  4. 6. Poor farming and land management techniques led to this crisis in the 1930s.
  5. 7. Aplant variety that has been propogated vegatatively (as opposed to from seed); commonly used when discussing plant taxonomy.
  6. 9. ‘Goosefoot’ family.
  7. 12. Native to Africa, very tolerant of grazing and was used as pasture grass in southwest US before becoming and invasive fire hazard.
  8. 13. Quantitative measurement of plant success or competition.
  9. 14. Concept that assigns plant species into groups, from primary to quaternary, in order of greatest to least genetic correspondence to the target population.
  10. 15. Animals that do not have a ruminant stomach cannot digest this; polymer of glucose. Cellulose
  11. 17. Small subshrub that occurs in variety of soil depths, but prefers shallow soils with frigid temperatures.
  12. 22. Common salt desert shrub, named for its distinct tetrad fruiting bracts.
  13. 26. Good tool used to add structure to a backyard garden, built with big stuff on bottom and twigs on top. Brushpile
  14. 28. Term used to describe a type of natural disturbance cycle that has historically affected various ecosystems, including sagebrush steppe. Firerotation
  15. 29. Term used to describe aggregate of lichen, bacteria, fungi, and mosses that serves several ecological roles including helping to prevent soil erosion and keeping out invasive species.
  16. 30. Idaho state flower.
  17. 32. Increase in density, cover, and biomass of woody plants on shrub territory and resources.
  18. 33. Genus named after the goddess of nature.
  19. 37. Containing more than two homologous sets of chromosomes. Can help make leaves stronger and thicker, and protect plants against additional pathogens.
  20. 38. Short shrub native to Eurasia, highly palatable, and used for rangeland grazing and revegetation.
  21. 39. Another term for grazing.
  22. 41. Class of chemical compound responsible for distinct sagebrush smell.
  23. 47. Factor affecting sagebrush density.