World Builders: Food Web in the Deciduous Forest
By Elizabeth Anne Viau
This is a forest of angiosperms, the flowering plants. We find fruit trees and berry bushes growing wild here, along with insects to pollinate them. Although these forests may go through mixed stands with conifers, the conifers gradually disappear as changes in rainfall and climate favor deciduous trees.
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