Especialidades JA/Arbustos/Respuestas

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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:

Shrubs do not grow as tall as trees, generally not reaching higher than 4.5 meters.
A shrub's trunk has a circumference of less than 24 cm at 1.4 meters above the ground.
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.

Magnolia denudata

Yulan Magnolia (Magnolia denudata)

Descripción: The Naked or Yulan Magnolia is a deciduous shrub, exceptionally a small tree, to 6m tall, and blooms profusely in early spring with large ivory white showy flowers, before the leaf buds open.

Range: Native to southwest China, cultivated in North America and Europe

Blooming season: Early Spring

Flower color: White

Fall foliage color: Green-Yellow

5

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

Mistletoe on a Silver birch tree Santalales

Mistletoe (Santalales)

Descripción: 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. Mistletoe figured prominently in Norse mythology (which some believe is the origin of the modern Western custom of kissing under bunches of it hung as holiday decorations). Nowadays, mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration. According to a custom of Christmas cheer, any two people who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss.

6

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

The Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum) is a deciduous shrub or tree native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland, and south to Pennsylvania. It also grows at high elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. Mountain Maple grows 3-8 m tall, forming a spreading shrub or small tree having a short trunk and slender branches. The leaves turn brilliant yellow to red in autumn, and are on slender stalks usually longer than the blade.

Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) is another shrub with yellow to orange to red fall foliage. This plant is native to the Eastern United States from New Jersey to Louisiana. It has beautiful white flowers in the spring.

Fothergilla (Fothergilla) is a genus of shrubs that produces gold, orange, and scarlet foliage in the fall.

Vine maple "Acer circinatum" grows up to 20 feet tall in western parts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California. The deciduous leaves turn yellow, orange and red in the fall.

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.

This requirement may effectively prevent you from teaching this honor in the winter, but it would be a wonderful honor to offer during the Pathfinder "off season" (that is, during the summer) on a Sabbath afternoon.

Shrub	Spring	Summer	Autumn
Azalea
Viburnum
Lilac
Blueberry
Cranberry
Huckleberry
Hydrangea
Sweet Pepperbush
Buddleia
Abelia
Witch Hazel

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.