| Producers |
| Within the variety of animals and
plants throughout the food chain, there are producers.
Producers are very important, because they generate food
and energy for various animals. Also, the process in
which the producers create food is called, photosynthesis.
To create the energy the plants take in sunlight, water,
and Co2.
When all this is taken in,
choraphyll is created. Choraphyll is what makes plants
green. Without producers, herbivores would have no food,
and the carnvores wouln't have food either. This is an
example, of how the food web is so delecate and how
everything is nessesary to life. |
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 Pictures
provided by Dr. Jim Castner and Joe Baze. For more
information, see the book, "Field Guide to Medicinal
And Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon."
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| Name of Plant: Banana Tree. |
| Description of Plant: Tall,
with immense green leaves, and banana as a
produced fruit. |
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| Uses of Plant (consumption/medicinal):
This plant is used for feeding and giving energy
to animals and people. |
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| Name of Plant: Cashew Plant |
| Description of Plant: Medium
sized, shruby, plant. |
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| Uses of Plant (consumption/medicinal):
The fruit that is grown on this plant is full of
nuts which become cashew nuts. Also, it provides
food and energy for other animals. |
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Pictures provided
by Dr. Jim Castner. For more information, see the book,
"Field Guide to Medicinal And Useful Plants of the
Upper Amazon."
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Pictures
provided by Dr. Jim Castner and Joe Baze. For more
information, see the book, "Field Guide to Medicinal
And Useful Plants of the Upper Amazon."
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| Name of Plant: Cacoa |
| Description of Plant: Tall
and slender. |
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| Uses of Plant (consumption/medicinal):
The fruits that a produced are the bases for
cocca which makes chocolate. In addition it
creates food and energy for animals. |
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