#11 Plant Defenses

Plants are yummy!

 Plants are yummy and nutritious treats.  To stop others like large herbivores, insects, and bacteria from eating them, they have a range of defenses! They don’t run away but that doesn’t mean they can’t protect themselves from predators.


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What does this tell us?


Over hundreds of thousands of years, plants have adapted so many unique ways to survive and thrive in their environments.  As a result of all of these different adaptations, plants have become a very diverse bunch of organisms, each with amazing capabilities.




Lets learn a bit more about our Stinging Nettles


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Go Explore

Go outside and discover (with your adult) some of the amazing, weird, and wonderful things about trees. You can also join the Tacoma Tree Foundation for a walk to learn more about the outdoors and explore with other people.


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