Native Landscapes | Science Project

Areas of Science	Environmental Science
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Time Required	Long (2-4 weeks)

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Abstract

Do your parents like to garden? Then you might have a beautiful lawn surrounded by flowers, or a vegetable garden. Humans have been introducing plants to our landscapes for centuries, which has dramatically altered the natural habitat of many environments. Chances are, the landscape you live in is not a natural landscape. One movement is to restore these habitats by re-introducing native plants. Conduct a survey in your area looking for native and non-native plant species. You can take pictures of the plants in your neighborhood and then bring the pictures to a local nursery for identification. How many native and non-native plants are there? Can you identify any areas in need of restoration?

Bibliography

The University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. (n.d.). Invasive and Exotic Species of North America. Retrieved August 14, 2014, from http://www.invasive.org/.
What's Invasive! Staff. (n.d.). What's Invasive! Community Data Collection. Retrieved August 14, 2014, from http://www.whatsinvasive.org/.
National Park Service Staff. (n.d.). National Park Service. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Retrieved March 1, 2006, from http://www.nps.gov/.

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