who am i?

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Across
  1. 2. i am not a protist, or a plant, or a fungus. what else could i be?
  2. 5. northern, southern, ____, western
  3. 6. i last all winter, my leaves never change from their color
  4. 8. _____ minds think alike.
Down
  1. 1. i am a type of boat, sped by a double bladed paddle. not a raft, not a canoe.
  2. 3. the united ___ of america, a ____ of being
  3. 4. bigger than big, smaller than enormous, a place between
  4. 7. larger than a creek, smaller than an ocean. i flow through this land.
  5. 9. trees fall and lumberjacks call my name