Oak Trees Are Our Friends
Written and Researched by Alynah Adams
We are very tall, and able to canopy a lot of ground!
We are surrounded by a lot of other plants and animals in fields
We are very beautiful!
Interactions
In return for the safety, comfort, food, and oxygen I provide for the animals around me they do small things for me as well. All the animals fertilize my soil, ants clear the base of my tree giving me room to grow, many animals help us reproduce by spreading around seeds, and earthworms are essential to plant life by burrowing deep into the ground creating tunnels that allow better access for roots to water and air as well as leaving behind excrement that is a crucial fertilizer for plants. And of course there are many other animals and such that assist me as much or more than I assist them.
In order to communicate with the rest of my species I have fungi that grows along my roots which lets my friends know what's up with me by sending, receiving, and interpreting chemical messages.
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Trees = Healthy Environment
And through multiple processes, we make the Earth a better, more livable place to survive. And as we go through transpiration, we let off moisture that evaporates right back into the atmosphere; our roots, which extend down and out three times the width of my trunk, extract water found deep inside the soil, and our leaves return it back into the air. We must breathe in order for other animals and plants to survive. All plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out the oxygen that is crucial for animals. And because of this the air is more clean and fresh. Roots help hold in soil and fight soil erosion which keeps our waterways and rivers more drinkable and livable for all plants and animals.
And of course because we are big and tall we can shade and cool human homes in the summer, and in the winter we block the wind and keep homes warm. As the seasons change, so does my physical appearance. In the spring, my branches are budding, I have a few flowers blooming, and leaves just beginning to sprout. In the summer, I am bright green with all my leaves showing up full and proud on my branches. In the winter, the cold forces my leaves to fall with the wind and snow leaving my branches bare and almost dead looking while covered in white snow. I believe I am the most beautiful during the fall season when my leaves change colors; you'll see reds, oranges, and yellows, as my chlorophyll breaks down making it easier to spot the different colors as the green fades away for a few months.
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Fast Forward 3,000 Years Into the Future....
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