In contrast, horticulturalists usually leave the big trees in place in and around their farm plots. Tree roots help to stabilize the soil. Burning the other wild vegetation converts chemical compounds locked in the plants to a form that is readily useable by their food crops.
Mary Altaffer / Associated Press. The book collection of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is the subject of a lawsuit. The book collection of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is the subject of a lawsuit.
Generally, when we go to museums and look at fossils, we assume that the primary thing we can learn from them is what the plant or animal looked like. We see the fossil, and we look at the artists' drawing of what the plant or animal may have looked like in life. Usually, the plant or animal is also put into some type of life-like setting, such as a swamp or a forest or a desert. Dinosaurs are usually depicted with volcanoes erupting in the background.