Limestone Barrens Worksheet

Vocabulary Match the list words with the meaning below.

Not very common _____________________
Reduced in number
A threatened species that can be found at Port au Choix National Historic Site _____________________
Short, stunted trees growing near the limestone barrens that sometimes only grow on one side
The area where an organism lives _____________________
More than 300 limestone barrens plants grow here _____________________
Not found anywhere else in the world (Long's Braya, Fernald's Braya and Barrens Willow) _____________________
A group of people working together towards a common goal
This is the southernmost place in which limestone barrens and arctic alpine plants can be found _____________________
A type of plant that grows in calcium-rich environments _____________________
A type of plant that usually grows in the far north, but can be found on the limestone barrens _____________________
What happens to a plant when dry winter winds suck water out of unprotected parts of it _____________________