VOCABULARY - H
Habitat - a place where a plant or animal can
get the food, water, shelter and space it needs to live.
Hardwood - a general term applied to broadleaf trees. The actual wood may be hard or soft in density.
Hay Man on the Hill - (historical term) the person who spread hay on icy slopes to make it safe for the sleights to travel.
Heartwood - the central core of a tree made of dense, dead wood. The heartwood provides structural support for the tree.
Herbaceous - plants with little or no woody tissue, usually living a single season.
Herbivore - an organism which gets its food energy from plant tissue.
Horizontal Structure - the distribution of forest layers across the landscape.
Humus - organic matter in the soil; a source of nutrients for soil organisms and plants.