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Native Plants
Native plants are plants that are restricted to a certain area, occur naturally, and grow without human help, not like non-native plants that have been introduced by human activity. In Hawthorne Park there are many different types of native plants for example salmon berry, cedar trees and Paper Birch the bark of the paper birch is white and red and comes off easily,Red Alder the tree is gray,bark of Black Cottonwood when the tree is small it is green and smooth. Native plants in Hawthorne Park are shelters for different types of animals and are a food source for mammals. Native plants can also protect themselves from many different types of bacteria. They have protein inside them to protect them from bacteria. Native plants also absorb excess run-off. Native plants need less water than normal plants.