How PLANTS survive the WINTER

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ANNUALS


Annuals are plants that produce lots of flowers and seeds during the growing season .

Annuals do not survive the winter.

But in the spring, new plants grow from the seeds that the plants produced in the fall.


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PERENNIALS


Perennials are plants that do survive the winter.

Usually the plant part that grows above the ground dies , but the roots are protected by layers of snow.

Then in the spring, the plants will start to grow again.



TREES


All trees must find ways to survive the winter.

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Many trees lose their leaves each fall . They are called deciduous trees .

  • In the fall, heat, light, water and minerals become less available.
  • The trees get rid of the leaves by stopping the flow of food to the leaves.
  • Once the food supply is shut off, the leaves change color and then fall off.

Some trees remain green all winter.

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Trees that have needle-like leaves and produce cones are called coniferous trees

  • These trees do not lose their needles in the fall.
  • The needles drop off a little at a time during the year, especially in late summer.
  • Although the trees remain green, they are not growing in the wintertime.

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