The Natural History of Chautauqua 



Suggestions for individual work: 



1. Is there any primitive forest or original growth in your region? 

 Is it being cut at present ? What kind of trees are being removed ? 



2. What kinds of trees predominate in the farm woodlots of your 

 region ? Has this always been the case? Are other kinds being planted ? 



3. Compare the fringe or edge of a woodland with the central or 

 inner region. Do you find any differences in the amount of under- 

 growth? How would you account for this? 



4. Compare the plant life of two woodlands; one in which cattle 

 forage, and one which is not open to cattle. 



5. Are there forest fires in your region? How do they start? How 

 extensive is the damage? What may be done to prevent them? 



6. Examine the mature trees in a woodland. Are there any dead 

 trees? What killed them? Do you find many dead branches? Why 

 dead? Do you find many bracket fungi? What are they doing? 



