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Deciduous means a tree or shrub that sheds its leaves every autumn. Deciduous forests are home to birds, squirrels, deer, and many other kinds of wildlife.
How many squirrels can you find hiding on this page?
A deciduous forest changes during every season of the year. In summer, trees display flowers, berries, and green leaves.
How many differences can you find between these four pictures?
Spring brings warmer weather, and as soft, green buds pop out of the branches, the cycle begins again.
In fall, the leaves of the trees turn red, orange, and yellow.
Cold, wintery storms cause the leaves to fall, leaving the branches of the trees bare and the ground covered with a thick carpet of crunchy leaves.
Standards Links: Life Science: Students know how the environment changes over the seasons.
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