{"id":2580,"date":"2015-09-15T20:33:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T03:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2015-09-16T06:02:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T13:02:37","slug":"local-plants-and-animals-have-remarkable-properties-that-help-animals-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2015\/09\/15\/local-plants-and-animals-have-remarkable-properties-that-help-animals-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Local plants have unique characteristics that help animals survive."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ZZzcw9ifDQ?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2584\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2015\/09\/15\/local-plants-and-animals-have-remarkable-properties-that-help-animals-survive\/img_6574\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2584\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2584\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2584 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6574-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6574\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6574-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6574-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6574-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6574.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asters are grown commercially for use in the fall garden. The native aster is much paler and smaller in colour.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Asters bloom in the fall and provide an important source of food for bees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2581\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2015\/09\/15\/local-plants-and-animals-have-remarkable-properties-that-help-animals-survive\/img_6570\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2581\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2581\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2581 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6570-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6570\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6570-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6570-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6570-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/IMG_6570.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the fall progresses rose hips become a deep red colour. The rose hip will remain attached to the plant for the entire winter. Rose hips are an important food source for birds.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rose plants mature and produce a seed pod called a rose hip. An ounce of rose hips have 200% of the daily required amount of Vitamin C and 7 grams of fibre.<\/p>\n<p>All plants and animals have interesting adaptations (structural, physiological and chemical) that help them to survive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onearth.org\/earthwire\/hibernating-bears-have-strong-bones\">Learn more about how bears survive the winter hibernation period without damaging their bones.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2015\/09\/15\/local-plants-and-animals-have-remarkable-properties-that-help-animals-survive\/black_bear_bones_copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2589\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/black_bear_bones_copy.jpg\" alt=\"black_bear_bones_copy\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/black_bear_bones_copy.jpg 930w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/black_bear_bones_copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2015\/09\/black_bear_bones_copy-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asters bloom in the fall and provide an important source of food for bees. Rose plants mature and produce a seed pod called a rose hip. An ounce of rose hips have 200% of the daily required amount of Vitamin &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2015\/09\/15\/local-plants-and-animals-have-remarkable-properties-that-help-animals-survive\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":519,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions\/2596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}