When looking at a park or forest, it-s easy to fall into the mindset that a plant is just a plant. If it-s green, it-s good, right? Wrong! For any green space to be healthy, it needs to have biological diversity (more commonly known as bio-diversity).
What is bio-diversity? Before human contact, every natural space has a variety of native plants that thrive together. In an untouched forest, for example, trees that need the sun to survive in turn provide shade for the plants that like the shade. Each plant in a natural forest Read the rest of this entry »
October 13th, 2011UncategorizedRead More >No Comments
If you have ever been to the park, you might see squirrels playfully leaping in front of you or scurrying down a tree to get a good look at you. These animals are territorial, and the park is their territory. If you take that park and put in a parking lot, those animals might find a tree nearby or left deliberately and try to regain their land. That is often the case when a squirrel might bite a person who thinks that their behavior of leaping in front of them is playful. The squirrel might Read the rest of this entry »
October 12th, 2011UncategorizedRead More >No Comments