White Oak vs Red Oaks
By: Danielle Newbauer
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MAP of White vs Red Oaks depending on acorns.
Introduction
understanding different species is important because each species plays a specific role in an ecosystem, a niche, and each role can play a part in a different species chances of survival. For example, if the oak tree species provide shelter for a squirrel and you were to take away the tree, then the poor squirrel would be lost and cold in the wild. Predators would be able to pounce on the poor little, misunderstood squirrel. Weather would soak it down, perhaps even be the thing to end the squirrels now miserable life. And no squirrel wants to mate with another squirrel that hasn’t a place to call home. In conclusion, the squirrels chances of survival are pretty much nonexistent.
Perhaps the squirrel could find another oak, well, that’s harder than it looks. If the squirrel was living in a white oak and then had to move to a red oak the red oak might not have the same products that were important and provided by the white oak. Then boom, the squirrel has less nutrients and protein. Plus that oak probably has a squirrel that lives in it.
Niches Provided
A niche is an organisms role in an ecosystem, same reason species matter.
The role of the different oaks in an ecosystem is what follows:
The differences between red and white oaks
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The oaks I would reestablish
red oaks have a higher degree of protein in their acorns, therefore, being the most desirable. However, white oaks are most commonly produced and made. So I would reestablish red oaks.
Why white oaks and red oaks are important to an ecosystem
They are important because while white oaks outnumber other oaks, they also don’t hold the most nutrient based diet. Also their acorns are much smaller than red oak acorns.
