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Mammoth Sunflower
Helianthus
39.2206, -84.4705
Field Notes
Description:
We're a first grade class that planted sunflower seeds in our classroom. We've just moved them to our school garden. They're still very little. They started as a few inches tall with 4 little leaves. They've already grown a little and have gotten more leaves. We've learned that they could grow up to 12 feet tall!
Habitat:
Our school garden gets lots of sun. Since it's spring now, we've also been getting lots of rain. We've learned that there are some dangers in our habitat for our little plants. They might get eaten by animals, or broken in the wind or bad weather, or stepped on if people are not careful. We hope not!
Notes:
We've learned that sunflowers attract birds and insects. So far all we've seen around our sunflowers are ants and a ladybug. We've learned that most pollinators will not come until the plants have grown flowers.
We've seen some holes in the soil near the stems of some of the sunflowers. We think they might be worm holes.
We've observed that some of the leaves have holes in them. We think this might be from where insects are eating them.
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