Nature’S Primary Producers

subsistence agriculture = farming practices to meet the food needs of the farmer and their family, but not for sale or trade

temperate = climate characterized by mild temperatures boreal = relating to the climatic zone south of the Arctic, especially the cold temperate region dominated by taiga coniferous forest = a biome that consists mostly of trees that grow needles instead of leaves (e.g. cedars, firs, junipers, larches, pines, spruces, etc.) deciduous forest = a biome characterized by trees that lose their leaves seasonally, typically in the fall, and grow new leaves in the spring estuary = the part of a river or other area of water where it joins the sea, and where fresh water and salt water are mixed problem of dwindling energy supplies = the energy crisis rhizome = a horizontal form of plant stem that grows underground which can form roots and shoots that grow into a new plant seed dispersal = the process by which plant seeds are transported away from the parent plant to a new location nourish = feed cacti = plural from cactus swamp vs. marsh: swamps are characterized by trees and woody plants, while marshes are dominated by grasses and herbaceous plants. Both are types of wetlands, meaning they are areas of land where water covers the ground for significant periods, but the type of plant life distinguishes them. See also Temperate Forest Stratification (https://t.me/espedition/838) Living Things And Their Environment Forest Trees (https://t.me/espedition/639)