Texas+Snowbell

  Texas Snowbell- //S  tyrax texanus   //

Welcome to the Plantae Kingdom of the Virtual Zoo. In this site you will learn about the Texas Snowbell Flower. The Texas Snowbell is a delicate heart-shaped leaf tree that grows to be between ten to fifteen feet tall. The Texas Snowbell is an endangered flower that is found in the limestone cliffs of the southwestern corner of the Edwards Plateau.  The Texas Snowbell belongs to the Plantae Kingdom. Plants are eukaryotic, which means they have a nucleus. They also have cell walls. They get nutrients by undergoing photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is using light energy to make food. The Texas Snowbell does not move, it is also multicellular so it has more than one cell. Plants need water and sunlight to live.  The Texas Snowbell can be manually pollinated. Racoons, squirrels, birds, and the major culprit, aoudad sheep, like eating it. To keep the Texas Snowbell and the many different variations of plant life safe the recovery team, a gathering of volunteers, go out and put metal fences up. The metal fences go around the Texas Snowbell to keep out small animals. Unfortunately, the fences do not keep out larger animals. Period 4 **
 * Skylar, Maggie, and Sarah