Connors: Plant Adaptation for a Specific Environment

 Leaves from the Red Maple Tree or Acer Rubrum.
Location: 42.252765,-71.6436
Deciduous Tree leaves like from this Red Maple have adapted for the New England Environment, and the weather it experiences. They have become accustomed to the four seasons The leaves absorb sunlight to make food through photosynthesis during the summer, and turn green. During the fall they change color and fall off in the winter, to prevent the tree from dying it sheds its leaves and grows new leaves during the spring.It goes through a life cycle to endure the harsh weather.

Tree Bark from the Red Maple Tree or Acer Rubrum.
Location:  42.252765,-71.6436
The tree bark has adapted to the environment of New England by forming tough layers of thick bark to protect the tree from the snow and cold during the winter.