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texas parks and wildlife

Urban Wildlife Vocabulary List

Accessible - easy to get to

Algae - simple green water plant which often

covers rocks, sticks and other plants with

a slimy coating or strands

Altricial - animals born with their eyes

closed, weak, naked, and helpless

Annual - a plant that lives only one year

Aquatic - living in water

Arboreal - living in trees

Basal rosette - a circular ground level ring

of leaves on a plant

Brood - group of young hatched at the same

time, or the act of sitting on eggs in order

to hatch them

Cavity nester - animal that uses or builds a

nest in a hollow area of a tree or earthen

bank

Chrysalis - life stage between caterpillar

and butterfly when pupae is in a rigid

cocoon

Clutch - a group of eggs produced or

incubated at one time

Cold-blooded - animal whose body

temperature is the same as, or nearly the

same as, the animal's surroundings

Crustacean - animal related to shrimp that

have a hard, jointed outer shell covering

a soft body

Diurnal - active during the daytime

Diversity - wide variety of plants and/or

animals occurring in one place

Edge effect - occurs at the edge of two or

more different types of habitat. This area

has the greatest diversity of plants and

animals. It contains species not only

from the bordering habitats but also

organisms that are unique to the edge

area.

Evergreen - a plant that keeps its leaves all

year long

Forbs - low growing wide leafed plants

Forage - search for food

Generalist - organisms that can use a

wide variety of food, water sources and

living spaces, many successful

introduced species are generalists

Gestation - length of pregnancy, time it

takes for eggs to hatch

Graminivore - seed or grain eating animal

Habitat - place where an animal or plant

naturally lives or grows

Heliotrope - any plant that actively turns

toward the sun, tracking it over the

course of the day

Insectivore - insect eating animal

Layering - masses of vegetation

consisting of distinctly different levels,

i.e. grasses, shrubs and trees

Mast - the fruit of certain trees, hard mast

consists of acorns and other nuts

Migratory - seasonal movement

sometimes covering great distances

Nectar - sugary fluid produced by a plant

to attract pollinators

Nocturnal - active at night

Node - thickened part of a plant stem,

normally where a leaf is attached

Omnivore - animal that eats both plants

and other animals

Perennial - a plant that lives more than 2

years

Pollinator - an animal that carries pollen

from one flower to another

Precocial - animals that are born with their

eyes open, covered with down or fur,

active, and able to seek their own food

Predator - organism that feeds on other

animals

Root Division - cutting one plant's roots

into a number of pieces, each of which

will grow into another plant

Salmonella - a bacteria that causes food

poisoning

Scutes - large bony plates

Sexual maturity - the age at which an

organism can begin to produce

offspring

Shrubs - medium sized long lived bushes

Specialist - organisms that have very

specific requirements for food, water

sources or living spaces. They often

utilize a very specialized food source or

living space and are very successful as

long as the food or space is available.

Endangered species are often

specialists that have lost their unique

food or homes

Taproot - main root of plant, generally

grows straight down

Territoriality - defense of an area against

other animals of the same or different

species

Torpor - state of suspended activity or

dormancy during bad weather

Travel Corridor - a pathway used by

animals to travel back and forth from

food to water to shelter

Upland Hardwood Forests - Forest of oak,

pecan and other nut producing trees

found away from rivers and streams

Vertebrate - animals with backbones

Waterfowl - a water bird such as a duck or

goose

Weaned - when a young animal starts

feeding on something other than its

mothers milk

Xeriscape - landscaping with plants

adapted to grow under dry conditions

Xerophyte - plant that can grow under dry

conditions

Amphibians

Birds

Reptiles

Fish

Mammals

Insects

Plants

PWD LF D0200-521 (10/99)

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