Glossary
A
- altitude
- - the height above sea level
- amphibians
- - vertebrate animals with wet or moist skin such as frogs, toads or newts
B
- bitterbrush
- - an evergreen shrub with yellow flowers
- bunchgrass
- - a grass which grows in clumps
C
- camas
- - a tall purple flower known for the eating of its bulbs by the native americans
- conifers
- - pine bearing trees
- conserve
- - protect
- constitute
- - make up
D
- deciduous
- - trees which lose their leaves in the fall
- distinct
- - different or separate
- distribution
- - supply of
- diurnal
- - animals that hunt in daytime
- diverse
- - consisting of many different parts
E
- ecosystems
- - The interaction between living and nonliving organisms in a community
- environment
- - the surroundings in which a plant or animal lives
F
- fescue
- - a stiff narrow grass often found in lawns
I
- investigate
- - to study and learn
M
- marshes
- - an area of poorly drained land that often lies on the edge of lakes or streams
N
- navigate
- - to travel
- nocturnal
- - animals that hunt at night
O
- occasional
- - once in a while
- occupied
- - lived in
P
- panhandle
- - the narrow portion of our state
- pollutants
- - materials that are unhealthy for the environment
- pristine
- - clean and untouched
R
- rabbitbrush
- - a desert plant with white branches and yellow flowers
- rangelands
- - grassland
- recreational
- - related to sports or activities done for fun
- recycled
- - to use again
- regions
- - parts of the land or areas
- remnant
- - left over
S
- sagebrush
- - a silvery-green colored bush
- snowpack
- - snow that falls and is packed over the winter
- substantial
- - large or sizable
- succession
- - the replacement of one community by another
- sustain
- - keep alive
- swamps
- - waterlogged ground that grows grasses and some trees
V
- volcanic
- - coming from a volcano
W
- wheatgrass
- - a common grass
- wilderness
- - a wild region untouched by humans
- wildlife
- - animals that live in an area naturally
