📘 Invasive Species and Site Clues

Using sample branches, field guides, and teacher-modeled notebook pages, students practice identifying honeysuckle, Chinese privet, oak, and hickory while learning how invasive plants affect understory growth and habitat stability. They annotate a species card set and connect each species to likely site conditions such as shade, disturbance, or competition. This just-in-time lesson prepares students for cleaner field evidence in later phases.