AY Honors/Shrubs/Answer Key/es

Abustos
Asociación General Estudio de la naturaleza	Destreza: 2 Año de introducción: 1938

Requisitos

1

Tener en cuenta tres características de los arbustos que los distinguen de los árboles y hierbas.

These are the differences between trees and shrubs:

1. Shrubs do not grow as tall as trees, generally not reaching higher than 4.5 meters.
2. A shrub's trunk has a circumference of less than 24 cm at 1.4 meters above the ground.
3. Shrubs often have multiple trunks, while trees generally have a single, central trunk.

2

Mencionar tres importantes arbustos alimenticios silvestres o cultivados de su localidad.

3

Nombrar dos arbustos cultivados y dos arbustos silvestres de su localidad que producen flores vistosas.

These shrubs grow in many areas. The table below indicates where the plants grow in the wild, and where they are cultivated.

Shrub	Wild	Cultivated
Azalea	North America, Asia, Europe, Australia	Worldwide
Clematis	Temperate Zones, Worldwide	Temperate Zones, Worldwide
Forsythia	Asia, Europe	North America
Hibiscus	Worldwide	Worldwide
Lilac	Europe, Asia	Worldwide
Mountain Laurel	Eastern North America

4

¿La mayoría de los arbustos florecen, en primavera, verano u otoño? Nombrar un arbusto cuyas flores se abren antes de que las hojas aparezcan.

5

¿Qué arbusto parasitario de uso frecuente para la decoración de interiores crece en las ramas altas de diferentes clases de árboles?

{{Shrub | name = Mistletoe | latin_name = Santalales | image = MistletoeInSilverBirch.jpg | image_caption = Mistletoe on a Silver birch tree | description = Mistletoe is a plant parasitic on the branches of a tree or shrub. The species grow on a wide range of trees, and can eventually prove fatal to them where infestation is heavy, though damage more commonly only results in growth reduction. All mistletoes are hemiparasites, bearing evergreen leaves that carry out some photosynthesis on their own, relying on the host mainly for water and the mineral nutrients it carries.

6

Dar un ejemplo de un arbusto cuyas hojas en otoño se tornan de tonos verdes a brillantes amarillos, naranja o rojo.

7

Observar algunos arbustos que se encuentran en floración y hacer una lista de tantas clases de insectos como pueda (al menos tres) que hayan venido a las flores por polen o néctar.

Because most shrubs bloom in the spring, this honor will be easiest to earn during that season. Some shrubs hold their blossoms through the summer, and a few will even bloom well into autumn. Witch Hazel is a very unusual shrub in that it does not bloom until October or November. During this time, it may have on its branches yellow leaves, full blossoms, and ripe nuts from the previous year's flowers - all at the same time.

Compare this requirement with requirement 6e of the Flowers honor (this is also a requirement that can optionally be used in Flowers - Advanced).

Also compare to Requirement 7 of the Shrubs - Advanced Honor which requires you observe a shrub for a month.

8

¿De qué arbustos prefieren las aves comer los frutos y las semillas? Mencionar un arbusto cuyas flores atrae a las aves.

Birds love to eat berries from almost any kind of shrub that produces them. Serviceberries, juneberries, currants, mulberry, elderberry, are all very popular with birds, as are blueberries, gooseberries, blackberries, and raspberries. Birds also like to eat the berries from viburnums, spicebush, winterberries, hollies, and dogwoods.

Hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers of the honeysuckle, as they produce a sweet nectar (some people eat honeysuckle nectar too).

9

¿En qué arbustos prefieren los pájaros construir sus nidos?

Birds like to build their nests in shrubs that offer lots of protection from the weather and from predators. Shrubs that provide nesting include dogwoods, viburnums, bayberry, and juniper.

• http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/attracting/landscaping/shrubs

10

Recopilar, preservar y determinar correctamente las flores, hojas, semillas, vainas de semillas o ramitas con los brotes de 10 arbustos silvestres.

For this requirement, we recommend that you use a good field guide. Here are some suggestions:

• A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Lee Allen Peterson and Roger Tory Peterson. Note that this book is also very useful for earning the Edible Wild Plants honor, as well as the Pioneering and Wilderness Living honors.

• Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs (Peterson Field Guide Series) by George A Petrides

• Flowering Shrubs: A Magna Field Guide by Jaromir Pokorny

References

• http://ohioline.osu.edu/b865/b865_04.html