People Need PlantsPlants provide US with:

Food Fuel

FiberMedicine

Food !

Fiber!

Fuel!

Firewood

Wood chip heating

Biofuels

Medicines and cosmetics

Animals Need Plants

How do animals use plants?

Deer and moose eat Skunk Cabbage

Fawns hide

Ptarmigan chick hides

Birds build nests

Plants Need Animals

Animals need Plants

Soil Needs Plants

Plants need soil

Earth’s oldest and largest living things are PLANTS!a 10,000 year old tree:

the Bristlecone Pine in CA.

How can these trees live so long?

Parts of the tree can die off, and the rest of the tree can still keep living

Can tolerate harsh conditions

Has dense and resinous wood that resists rot, ice, wind

Some plants in Alaska are poisonous

Monks hood

False Hellebore

Baneberry

Some plants in Alaska are rare and special

Lady Slipper

Pinesap

Pink Monkey-Flower

Spleenwort

It is impossible to think of a world without Plants

How can you learn more about plants?

Photograph flowers Plant a garden

Collect fallen leaves or flowers to create art work

Collect wild plant seeds to study

Smell flowers

Learn to use a field guide for identifying plants

Go outside and observe nature

Know the local weeds and avoid planting them

Get to Know your local botanist

Ask questions at the Forest service about plants

Watch what insects do around plants

Use a microscope to look at plant parts

Draw and paint flowers in your garden

Ask your family about the plants in your garden

Be a Bud Burst Buddy!