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SASKATOON BERRY

Description: a shrub with berry-like fruit,

and can grow 1 to 8 meters tall

Fun fact:

Contain many essential nutrients and are

similar to blueberries

: Sciurus griseus

WESTERN GRAY SQUIRREL

Scientific name: Sciurus griseus

Status: THREATENED

 Diet: pine nuts, acorns, fungi insects, and

fruits

FUN FACT:

They make husky barking calls during late summer

dictum

fringilla justo

elit nunc

AMERICAN PERIGRINE FALCON

 Status: ENDANGERED

 Diet: other songbirds and even bats

FUN FACT:

Its wingspan is 1 to 1.1 meters long

BEAKED HAZELNUT

Scientific name:Corylus californica

 Description: a small shrub or tree that

produces hazelnuts that are relatively smaller than regular ones

FUN FACT:

The flexible shoots of the plant were sometimes twisted into ropes by Native Americans.