Question

Explain how the plants in and around a meadow provide habitat for these three animals: butterfly, field mouse, owl.

Answer 1

The plants in and around a meadow provide habitat for butterflies, field mouse and owl is because, the meadow plants are native grasses which have a different variety of herbaceous flowering plants. This becomes a local concentration of a wide variety of food for invertebrate animals such as butterflies. In addition, field mouse also feed on these kinds of plants because they mainly eat fruits, seeds and grains. Owls feed on smaller animals like the field mouse.

Answer 2

The butterfly finds flowering plants for nectar in the meadow. In the process of sucking nectar, they pollinate the plants. The meadow plants such as grasses, forbs and sedges plants provide food for field mice that eat their leaves , roots, and bulbs. The mice also create burrows in the meadow where they breed their young. This, therefore, provides a good hunting ground for owls that prey on mice.