You can use fall leaf color to help identify different tree species. Look for these leaf colors on the trees in your neighborhood: (click on the tree species to see the tree shape, bark, fruit, and leaf shape.). 1  Oaks: red, brown or russet. 2  Hickories: golden bronze. 3  Dogwood: purple-red. 4  Birch: bright yellow. 5  paper birch.
Wetlands and people Wetlands and society Wetlands typically offer a wide variety of benefits to society and they have played a central role in human development throughout history. Many great civilizations depended on them, including the Maya, Inca and Aztec in Latin America, the Khmer in Asia, the Marsh Arabs in Mesopotamia and those of the Nile
Wetlands. The physical, chemical, and biological properties of the Commonwealthâs wetlands work in concert to perform âwetland functions.â Wetland functions may include: storage of water, ground water recharge, sediment trapping, transformation of nutrients, and wildlife habitat.he benefits society derives from wetlands functions are often referred to as wetland values. Some widely applicable wetland values include: flood attenuation, water purification, and wildlife habitat. When wetlands store water along a larger water body, they often serve to attenuate periodic flood waters.