Spring Awakening plants.

Goals: - form an idea of ​​the reasons for spring changes in life flora;

To introduce the variety of primroses growing in the Kursk region;

Encourage respect for nature;

Learn to recognize seasonal phenomena, determine the causes of spring changes in the plant world and justify your opinion.

Personal skills: - show respect for nature.

Cognitive skills:

Identify and justify the reasons why early flowering plants bloom first.

Regulatory skills:

Perform self-test educational task;

Distribute responsibilities for completing a learning task in a group.

Communication skills:

Form your own opinion;

Use speech to regulate your actions.

Subject Skills:

Tell:

about early flowering herbs, trees and shrubs;

about the spring awakening of plants.

During the classes.

1. Organizational moment (2 min)

Smile at each other, have a seat!

We are studying the academic subject - “The World Around us”.

Look out the window, around, think and tell me what it is the world? -What and who is part of the world around us?
(The surrounding world is what surrounds us, what is around us. These are different creatures and objects, animals, the sky, clouds, trees, houses, people.)
-Fine. And I want you to learn to observe the world around you, study and explore it. What does it mean to observe, to explore?

2. Setting the goal of the lesson.

Children, listen to the poem.

Run away streams

Spread the puddles

Get out the ants

After the winter cold!

A bear sneaks through

Through thick dead wood

The birds began to sing songs

And the snowdrop bloomed...

Who remembers which work these lines are taken from?

What time of year is the author talking about?

By what signs did you guess?

Why did the Stepdaughter go to the forest? (behind the snowdrops)

What are snowdrops? When do they bloom?

What do you think we will talk about today? (about early flowering plants)

So, the topic of our lesson is “Spring Awakening of Plants”

3.Work on the topic of the lesson:

What are early flowering plants?

When do the first flowers bloom?

Will the snow melt by then?

Do early flowering plants require a lot of heat?

What do they need to start flowering?

We will answer this question by reading the text. Open the textbook on p. 74-75.

We read the text and find the answer to this question.

So, what do early flowering plants need? (abundance of light and moisture)

Why is there a lot of light in the forest? (The first flowers appear when there is no foliage in the forest. Nothing prevents plants from receiving sunlight, so necessary for growth)

The soil is saturated with moisture. These are the conditions -plenty of light and moisture – essential for early flowering plants.

-Where Do plants take nutrients? (from underground parts - rhizomes and bulbs)

U: All primroses are perennial plants. After their aboveground part dries out at the beginning of summer, they do not die. Living underground organs are preserved in the soil - some have tubers, others have bulbs, and others have more or less thick rhizomes. These organs serve as a reservoir for reserve nutrients, mainly starch. Let's look at the illustrations on pages 74-75. See how it is depicted root system these plants. It is precisely due to the pre-stocked" building material"That's how fast they develop.

Name the plants that are early flowering.(Textbook)

Children talk about each of the primroses.

Snowdrop grows along the edges of deciduous forests. In our region it blooms in March - April. Each flower arrow bears one drooping flower at the top white. Previously, the snowdrop was considered an emblem of hope.

Lungwort – medicinal plant. In early spring it is cold at night, but the lungwort is not afraid of the cold. Its rough leaves are covered with small hairs. There is air between the hairs, which saves the plants from the cold. Lungwort got its name due to the fact that its flowers contain a lot of nectar.

Corydalis grows in the forest between bushes. Blooms in April – May. Its lilac violet-pink flowers are collected in a brush. Corydalis is rich in nectar and has a pleasant smell. This is a very fragile plant. Corydalis is a medicinal plant.

Coltsfoot has a low peduncle covered with brown scales and a golden-orange inflorescence similar to a dandelion. WITH front side they are green and smooth, and on the other hand they are whitish, fluffy, soft.

Anemone - a perennial herbaceous plant with a long, creeping, well-developed rhizome of a dark brown color, from which several scale-like leaves on long petioles extend. The stem is from 10 to 30 cm in height, erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy. The flowers are bright yellow, with three small, sepal-like, green involucre leaves and 6 blue, petal-like sepals.

Bloom liverworts lasts from mid to late April, one flower does not fade within 5-7 days. The leaves of the liverwort are three- or five-lobed; in some species they overwinter and die after flowering. The peduncle of the liverwort is pubescent, reddish-green or green, the diameter of the corolla is 2-4 cm, the color ranges from pure white to blue-violet. Liverwort flowers are odorless, open at sunrise and close, drooping, in the evening.

Most common in Russiagoose onion yellow. Its flowers in the amount of 2-10 are laid in the fall, and during the winter the final formation and growth of shoots occurs. The plant blooms in early spring (April-May), but it can only be observed for a little more than a month, since the stem and leaves die off soon after flowering, and only the bulb, filled with nutrient reserves, remains underground.

Clean spring perennial, grows on the edges of forests, on lawns, in damp deciduous forests, along the banks of rivers, reservoirs, streams, in thickets of bushes. It spreads over the soil surface like a beautiful carpet. The stem of the plant is up to 30 cm in height. The leaves are alternate, bright green, the upper leaves are on short petioles, the lower leaves are on long petioles. The flowers are yellow, the upper side of the leaf is shiny and oily. Chistyak is an excellent spring honey plant.

Teacher: People call the first snowdrops spring flowers. When we see them, we are always overcome by an inexplicable tender feeling that is difficult to express in words. With the appearance of the first snowdrops, you clearly understand that winter has finally passed, since these first modest flowers symbolize the onset of spring.

Low-growing insect-pollinated plants attract the first insects with bright flowers at this time of year.

4.Work on the topic of the lesson

1.- Open the workbooks, p. 40, No. 1. Identify the plants and label their names. Mark the plants you have seen in nature. (self-test) 5 min)

5. Physical education minute. 2 min.

T: In spring, changes occur with other plants. The guys will tell you tell us what transformations occur with trees and shrubs.

Alder.Alder is the first tree to bloom. Her long earrings sway in the wind, and clouds of yellow pollen rise above them. Pollen is very light, stays in the air for a long time and is transported over long distances. Alder can be found in damp places, along the banks of rivers and lakes, and in forests.

Willow. Willow blossoms in early spring, in the beginning of April. First, fluffy gray lumps appear on the willow, and then from these soft fluffy lumps yellow thin inflorescences appear, which bees love very much. Bees can collect about 3 - 4 kg of honey every day from willow flowers in early spring.

U: Birch blooms later, when the catkins on it already begin to bloom. Bird cherry blooms even later.

Bird cherry. This plant is popularly affectionately called the beautiful bride. This is due to the fact that in the spring the bird cherry puts on a festive white robe and turns into a real miracle. Bird cherry is a shrub from the Rosaceae family. Its trunk is completely covered with dark gray bark, on which there are rusty-brown spots. Bird cherry leaves are obovate in shape. The flowers, although small, are very fragrant. They are white and collected in a very beautiful brush.

Bird cherry is a forest orderly. Flowers and leaves have a special aroma, and therefore have phytoncidal properties. This is what made the tree special, as it gave it the ability to kill insects and germs. The tree is merciless even for mosquitoes and ticks. Many poems and songs have been written about bird cherry. Many people love this plant.

U: Of the shrubs, hazel and wolf's bast bloom the earliest. Inflorescences called catkins are visible on the hazel tree. And wolf's bast has pink fragrant flowers. Let's read about him on the pages of the Smart Owl p.124

How do trees awaken in the forest? In spring, sap begins to flow from trees and shrubs. The sap rises along the trunks and branches to the buds. It contains sugar for plant nutrition.

What happens to the kidneys? The buds swell and the leaves bloom. Even before the leaves emerge, some trees and shrubs begin to bloom. These are alder, willow, hazel, wolf's bast.

Work in notebook No. 3

Which tree starts to bloom first? Which shrubs bloom first? Which tree blooms first: birch or bird cherry?

What happens to larch? Completely covered with new needles.

In pine, spruce, and juniper, young needles appear at the ends of the branches. It's much lighter than the old one.

U: Guys, look, I have a letter.

“Dear second graders! I am writing to you with a complaint! I was beautiful, I was pretty, She became different from herself! The young grass on me was trampled, the bushes were broken, the first spring flowers were torn off. They cut down a birch tree for firewood and made fires for me! They threw cans, dirty paper, wood chips, and rags at me. I'm complaining! Former forest clearing."

Task No. 3. Let's help our clearing. How can I do that?

I think we need to tell other guys that primroses should not be picked. I suggest you do creative work by groups:

Group 1 - draws a poster “Take care of the forest!” 8 people

2 group - rules behavior in the forest 8 people.

Group 3 – colors primroses (for a forest clearing) 14 people.

VIDEO Awakening of nature. Discussion of students' work.

Summing up the lesson .

What did they talk about in class?

Not many people know that snowdrops, lilies of the valley and many other primroses have become rare today, that is, they are endangered and are subject to special protection on a global scale. Due to the catastrophic decline in primrose stocks, all of them are listed in the Red Book.

The reason for the decrease in the number of early flowering plants is that due to their amazing beauty, they large quantities picked for bouquets. Is it worth ruining the beauty of a plant over a few days??

I want to end the lesson with words from the song:

Don't pick flowers, there is no life in a bouquet,
Leave it in the ground for life to continue.
You won't find a replacement for them,
No matter how you look, there is no replacement!
Do not rush!
After all, if you pick these flowers,
You won't see beauty anymore!

All the flowers in the bouquet will be dead!

Ratings.

D/Z Uch.p.74-76, r.t. page 41 No. 2

As it turns out, a website should also inspire, and if the design doesn’t inspire, then articles won’t be written. But spring has come, everything around is turning green, chirping and pleasing to the eye - Colorful colors are awakening after winter hibernation!

Last spring, the first one to bloom was a lonely tulip. Ice Stick (Ice Stick) and for a very long time there was nothing more, so in the fall I devoted to this topic Special attention and began to collect a collection of the first - the earliest - flowers in the garden: crocuses, daffodils, dwarf bulbous irises, a bonus was scilla and, of course, tulips. I planted some closer to the house, some in the rock garden and white crocuses around the gooseberry bush. And what plant do you think was the first to bloom this year in the front garden near the house? That's right, the same Ice Stick! In the second year, 4 bulbs bloomed (from last year’s one) and the non-blooming one that was lost last year also appeared! I gave two smaller buds in the main garden, bringing spring there as best I could, because none of the crocuses wanted to bloom, the leaves were slowly climbing, and the white one at such unimaginable angles, as if I had planted not crocuses, but haymaking spiders.

The scilla blossomed early, almost simultaneously with the first tulips, at the same time it survived the cold and snow, and it also fades at the same time.
The second of the tulips to bloom Turkestan multiflorum (Turkestanica), after severe frosts and snowfalls, but also very early - a scattering of white stars on tall graceful legs - a very beautiful and very spring variety!

And then it suddenly became warmer and greener, flowers appear almost every day: dwarf irises, yellow stars of the Tarda Dasystemon tulip, buds of the checkered hazel grouse are pouring. The daffodils are just starting to emerge... another mystery, which I can't think of an explanation for. Maybe she buried it?

Apparently, there are also losses. Apparently - because I haven’t completely come to terms with them yet and I really hope that the plants still have a chance. Only dry sticks stick out from two of the eight heather bushes, a long stick without a single hint of buds remains from the shrubby amorpha (it’s a terrible shame, for some reason it’s very difficult to find the amorpha on sale here), nothing remains from the garden violets in the rockery (the forest one is already turns green under the cherry tree), one of the two late peonies has not come out, and the lilies of the valley are not visible. The astilbe does not come out - but this is normal for astilbe; last year the sprouts also appeared very late.

But the barberry aurea survived and is happily turning green; it tried so hard to self-destruct last summer that this is a VERY pleasant surprise!

While the blog is just emerging from its den, work is in full swing in the garden - spring garden care does not tolerate delays:

The structure of the site is slowly changing for now - I apologize to those who received an email newsletter with old posts - I changed the display of posts to home page(now it has become more traditional) and completely lost sight of the peculiarities of RSS formation. I removed the encyclopedia entries from the main feed, an announcement picture will be notified about new plants in the block on the right - but now you can comment on the encyclopedia entries!

And I also really miss you all - I’ll write a post and run to see what’s news on your blogs, how the plants overwintered, what are your plans.

SPRING AWAKENING (PRIMFLOWERS, SMALL-BULBED)

After a long winter, nature seems boring and gloomy. There are untidy piles of melted snow all around, with damp black thawed patches gaping between them. But having reached your favorite dacha and taking a few steps, you stop in joyful surprise: under the timid rays of the sun a magnificent living picture: the crocuses have opened their multi-colored glasses, the bright blue woods reflect the spring sky, the erythronium is shaking its multi-colored heads, the golden stars of the goose onions are sparkling. A cheerful round dance is like a fairy-tale miracle that is hard to believe. Garden is still sleeping, and these staunch soldiers seem to force his awakening. All these lovely creatures in the garden are united by the common name “spring-flowering small-bulbous plants.”

Kandyk Siberian

Chionodoxa Lucilia

Yellow goose onion

Spring whiteflower

Small-bulbous plants include an immense number of species and varieties of plants from the familieslilies , amaryllaceae, irisaceae. Despite their external tenderness and fragility, they are all extremely hardy plants. Being one of the first to bloom, they are able to withstand even severe frosts and snowfalls, and wintering bulbs can withstand temperatures down to -30. Early flowering This is explained by the fact that the homeland of these babies is high mountainous areas, dry steppes or dense forests. There they are accustomed to blooming before it comes unfavorable period lack of heat, moisture or light. They need to have time to form seeds and daughter bulbs in a short period, which serves as a guarantee of successful procreation.

Pushkinia prolesciformes

Siberian Scilla

Snowdrop

Crocus

The most beautiful primroses awaken in late February - early March. You've probably met many of them. These are snowdrop, erantis (in Russian it is called vesennik), reticulated iris, black hellebore. Spring whiteflower is often confused with lily of the valley (very unpretentious plant). In March-April, the baton of flowering is carried out by the goose onion Molly (blooms profusely with yellow star-shaped flowers), crocus (flowers are yellow in color, but can be white, blue, pink-lilac with yellow), Pushkinia proletaria (grows quickly, forming curtains), scilla Siberian, Chionodoxa Lucilia, Siberian kandyk.

Erantis (spring)

Iris reticulum

Hellebore black

When the primroses fade, the time comes for the bulbous flowers to bloom after them. The last flowers of the imperial hazel grouse are replaced yellow flowers Eremurusa. Among them, purple inflorescences-balls of the giant onion rise on powerful stems. In April-May comes the turn of tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils.

The bulbs are planted in the ground in the fall. In principle, small-bulbous ones feel good on any garden soils, but do not like strong waterlogging. Since they grow in one place for more than one year, the soil is prepared for them, rich in humus, with good drainage. You can choose any place for planting, but better - open sunny meadows, which will then be darkened by the foliage of larger herbaceous plants or trees. Bulbous plants are easy to care for and will spread throughout the garden over time. Almost all of them are perennials with annual dying aboveground part. For the most part they are ephemeroids - plants with a shortened development cycle, in which in the summer the above-ground shoots completely die off, leaving only underground storage organs (although in the climate middle zone In Russia, some plants can retain leaves almost all summer). Most of them have leaves that are not very decorative, just ordinary green grass. Except that the crocuses have a beautiful silver stripe in the middle, and the reticulated iris has a grayish-gray bloom, which sets them off favorably against the background of a juicy plant. autumn greenery. Creating springflower garden , it should be remembered that, when they bloom, the bulbous plants become unattractive and therefore they need neighbors who, having grown, will hide their fading foliage. In this situation ideal partners I can beground cover . After flowering, lilac radiant anemone stars, or anemones, do not the wife will hide under the bluish-gray foliage of the sedum, and the handsome imperial hazel grouse will disappear under the cover of aubrieta. Phlox awl-shaped, Caucasian rhizome, saxifrage, and herbaceous carnation are good for this purpose.

Mikhailovsky's hazel grouse

Spring flower garden can be created in any corner of the garden . Many of these plants look good onalpine slide . In principle, primroses do not need separateflower beds or ridges, they can be planted in spots on the lawn, under bushes or trees, or they can fill the empty space between recently planted dwarfconiferous plants. But still It wouldn’t hurt to know the basic planting patterns for spring flower beds.

Plantings as close to natural as possible. Scilla and snowdrops prefer a cool, damp and shady corner, which can be created even in a small garden under a bush or fruit tree. But crocuses, on the contrary, love sunny places and well-cultivated soils. In borders and mixborders they are planted next to perennials. They look very impressive when different varieties planted in groups at a short distance from each other. Sometimes they are planted singly over long distances. In mid and late spring, gardens and parks are already full of flowers. Luxurious, exquisite daffodils, tulips and hyacinths reign everywhere, echoed by violas, daisies and forget-me-nots, primroses and lacfioles. Flowerbeds, borders, ridges or entire parterres are set aside for these plants, which are later decorated with summer gardens.

Planting in landscape style flower beds . In this case, tulips and daffodils are planted either with imperial hazel grouse or hyacinths, or with other perennials (bergenia, aubrieta, milkweed). Already in April-May, their bright heads stand out in the flowerbed among mantles, hostas and other perennials. Tulips, hazel grouse, daffodils, hyacinths and other plants with large bulbs grow well only in fertile, deeply cultivated soil. Unlike the first planting option, these bulbous plants are dug up, and annuals are planted in the vacant space.

Planting bulbous plants reminiscent of natural glades . Spring is a source of admiration lawns with wild thickets of bulbous flowers. On summer cottage It also makes sense to give these flowers complete freedom so that they look like they grow wild. A spring flower garden can be created in any corner of the garden. Will give naturalness to such plantings background from biennials of the same species or a mixture of them of the same height. Among this background of biennials, tall bulbous plants are planted, for example, tulips or decorative onions.

Primroses":
Part 1 - SPRING AWAKENING (PRIMFLOWERS, SMALL BULBS)

Lesson summary on the world around us, grade 2 "G".

Date: 04/06/16.

UMK "Perspective"

Lesson topic: Spring awakening of plants.

Teacher: Garipova R.A.

Lesson type: lesson in learning new things

Goals: understand the reasons why early flowering plants bloom first; learn to admire primroses and strive to protect them.

Educational: teach to recognize seasonal phenomena, determine the causes of spring changes in the plant world and justify your opinion, form an idea of ​​the reasons for spring changes in the life of the plant world, introduce the variety of primroses.

Educational: development mental operations analysis and synthesis when viewing images and describing objects from these images; developing the ability to independently draw conclusions; improving reading techniques when working with text, developing connected speech when describing plants.

Educational: show respect for nature; distribute responsibilities for completing a learning task in a group.

During the classes

Motivation for learning activities.

Teacher: - Difficulty is not a problem.

Students: As always!

We know that the road leads

We're ready to open then!

Updating knowledge.

Let's remember what we talked about in the last lesson. (about the constellations of the spring sky).

Let's solve the crossword puzzle.

1. The name of this constellation is associated with the story of the crab that bit Hercules during the battle with Hydra.

2. The goddess of justice, daughter of Zeus, Astraea, seeing human greed and anger, was transported to the sky and turned into a constellation...

3. The main stars of this constellation form an amazing figure = the letter “M” - stretched out by the “legs”.

4. Zeus settled this beauty forever in the sky, turning her into the constellation Ursa Major.

6. The bird that angered God was silvery-white, but became black. Constellation.

Scientists divided the entire sky into 88 areas, which they called...

What keyword did you come up with? (plants)

What do you think is the topic of our lesson today?

Spring awakening of plants.

Have you seen flowering plants in early spring? Which?

Plants that bloom in early spring are called early bloomers. Such “daredevil” plants can be found among trees, shrubs, and herbs.

When do the first flowers bloom?

Is the snow melting in the forest (park) by this time?

Do early flowering plants require a lot of heat?

What do they need to start flowering?

Why do you think some plants may bloom in early spring?

We cannot answer these questions. We don't have enough knowledge.

Do you have a desire to know about this?

Setting a learning task.

Constructing a project for getting out of a difficulty.

What should we learn in today's lesson?

What plants bloom in early spring and why they bloom in spring and not in summer.

Which reference material could it be useful to us?

Textbook, atlas - guide, book “Green Pages”.

Let's draw up a plan according to which we will collect materials about early flowering plants.

Description of the plant.

Where it grows.

The reason why the plant bloomed first.

This is interesting (where did the plant get its name; medicinal? (Recorded in the Red Book?

Early flowering plants can be seen in forests and open areas. They require little heat. That's why they bloom when the snow has not yet melted. At this time, the leaves have not yet blossomed on the trees and bushes, and there is a lot of light in the forest. The soil is saturated with moisture. It is precisely these conditions - an abundance of light and moisture - that early flowering plants need.

These plants receive food from their own “pantries”. “Storage rooms” are the thickened underground parts of plants. The reserves accumulated in them last year and were stored all winter.

Physical education minute.

6. Primary consolidation.

Primary consolidation.

Give examples of early flowering herbaceous plants.

Find out early flowering plants.

Children's stories about what they remember about plants.

What conditions are necessary for these plants to bloom?

Why do these plants bloom in spring?

Independent work with self-test against the standard.

Workbook p.40 exercise 1. Identify the plants and label their names. Mark the plants you have seen in nature.

Workbook p.41 ex. 2. Color the flowers and name them.

Inclusion in the knowledge system and repetition.

Let's learn about plants that bloom at the same time as the first flowers?

Let's read the textbook article "Awakening Trees and Shrubs."

- Let's complete the tasks in the notebook.

Name the plants that bloom at the same time as the first flowers?

In spring, trees and shrubs awaken from winter sleep. Their juice begins to flow. The sap rises along the trunks and branches to the buds of the trees. It contains sugar for plant nutrition.

Other signs of spring awakening of trees and shrubs are swelling of buds and blossoming of leaves.

But even before the leaves emerge, some trees and shrubs begin to bloom. These are alder, willow, hazel, wolf's bast. (The teacher shows the branches of these plants).

Of the shrubs, hazel and wolf's bast bloom the earliest. (Children look at the branches of these bushes).

In the spring, seeds of trees and shrubs that fell in autumn or winter begin to germinate.

Interesting changes occur in the spring with coniferous plants. The larch is completely covered with new needles. In pine, spruce and juniper, young needles grow at the ends of the branches. It's much lighter than the old one.

Workbook p.41 exercise 3. Identify shrubs and trees by their flowers and match the name with the picture of the plant.

By what signs can you recognize the awakening of trees and shrubs?

Trees and shrubs begin to move sap, buds swell and leaves bloom. Many trees and shrubs are blooming.

Explain why early flowering herbaceous plants have to store nutrients in the fall, and to more powerful plants, sap comes from the soil.

Why are primroses not used to make large bouquets?

Why can't you uproot flowers?

Guys, is it necessary to protect early flowering plants?

What do you think should be done to protect primroses?

Reflection on educational activities.

So the lesson has come to an end.

Today in class we learned about early flowering plants.

What was the most interesting thing about the lesson?

How do you feel when you leave class?

How do you evaluate your work?

What do you absolutely need to do at home in order to learn well what you learned in class? (read the article in the textbook).

You are asked to complete creative task optionally.

Exercise 1.

Workbook p.42. exercise 4. Observe and determine when the trees and shrubs bloomed this year. Record your observations.

Task 2.

Invent and draw signs for the protection of primroses.

Let's remember

1. What flowering plants have you seen in nature in early spring?
2. Based on your observations, tell us how the trees and shrubs have changed with the arrival of spring.

Herbs blooming in spring

Plants that bloom in early spring are called early bloomers. Such “daredevil” plants can be found among trees, shrubs, and herbs. Let's get acquainted with early flowering herbaceous plants.

They can be seen both in the forest and on open places. They require little heat. That's why they bloom when not all the snow has melted yet. At this time, the leaves have not yet blossomed on the trees and bushes and there is a lot of light in the forest. The soil is saturated with moisture. It is precisely these conditions - an abundance of light and moisture - that early flowering plants need.

These plants receive food from their own “pantries”. “Storage rooms” are the thickened underground parts of plants. The reserves accumulated in them last year and were stored all winter.

Time passes - and spring comes into its own more and more confidently. Dream grass, lily of the valley, and primrose bloom. You can read more about them in the book “Green Pages”.

Take care beautiful plants! Admire them! Let our motherland will always be beautiful and blooming!

• Look at the drawing. Find out the names of early flowering plants. Which of these plants have you encountered in nature?

Awakening trees and shrubs

In spring, trees and shrubs awaken after winter dormancy. Their juice begins to flow. The sap rises along the trunks and branches to the buds. It contains sugar for plant nutrition.

Other signs of spring awakening of trees and shrubs are swelling of buds and blossoming of leaves.

But even before the leaves bloom, some trees and shrubs begin to bloom. These are alder, willow, hazel, wolf's bast.

Alder is the first tree to bloom. In spring, inflorescences appear on it - earrings. Willow blooms early.

Of the shrubs, hazel and wolf's bast bloom the earliest. Inflorescences-catkins are visible on the hazel tree. And wolf's bast has pink, fragrant flowers. You can find out more about this plant at (13).

Birch blooms later, when its leaves are already beginning to bloom. Bird cherry blooms even later. By the time of flowering, it is completely covered with young foliage. In the gardens, after the leaves bloom, apple, pear, and cherry trees bloom.

In the spring, seeds of trees and shrubs that fell in autumn and winter begin to germinate.

Interesting changes occur in spring with coniferous plants. The larch is completely covered with new needles. In pine, spruce, and juniper, young needles grow at the ends of the branches. It's much lighter than the old one.

Let's think!

1. Many people collect bouquets spring plants. Is it good?
2. Why are there many bees and bumblebees near flowering willows, bird cherry, and apple trees, but not near alder, hazel, and birch trees?

Let's check ourselves

1. Give examples of early flowering herbaceous plants.
2. What conditions are necessary for these plants to bloom?
3. By what signs can you recognize the awakening of trees and shrubs?

Let's conclude

In early spring, coltsfoot, goose onion, corydalis, lungwort and others bloom herbaceous plants. Trees and shrubs begin to move sap, buds swell and leaves bloom. Many trees and shrubs are blooming.