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Saproxylic species feed on the remains of these organisms. Specialist natural enemies of these organisms stabilize communities containing many species of them in the Janzen–Connell hypothesis. These organisms only reproduce after a disturbance in the most common example of fire-mediated serotiny. (20[3]0[1])The final seres (“sears”) and the climax community are dominated by these organisms at the (20[1])(*) highest (0[1])stratozone (10[1])at the end of ecological succession. (10[2])These organisms form communities (10[1])called stands. (10[3]0[1])The emergent layer emerges above (10[1])these (10[1])organisms, (10[2]0[2])which cannot live north of a line of (10[1])latitude (10[2]0[1])or above (10[1])a line (10[1])of elevation (10[4])that demarcates (10[1])the boundary (10[1])between (10[1])taiga and tundra. For 10 points, name (10[1])these terrestrial plants that form the canopy of a forest. (10[2])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: trees [or forests; accept any specific kinds of trees; accept conifers; accept deciduous trees; accept shrubs; prompt on vegetation; prompt on plants; prompt on angiosperms or gymnosperms; prompt on saplings; prompt on seeds; reject “cacti” or “grasses”]
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y35100%11%0%82.23

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Julian Halpern-SmithBelmontCanyon Crest4020
Ian LuHunter AIrvington A4020
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayParkway West4020
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaThomas Jefferson D400
Karl BarnickolWalter PaytonNorthmont B5420
Yash SaxenaMaggie Walker ARockford Auburn A550
Braden BoothDallas CountyJohns Creek B5610
Javik HodsonMoberlyStevenson A6210
Claudio Bastiani-FonckWinston Churchill BCincinnati Hills Christian6210
Sohum SukhatankarSt. Mark'sInnovation Academy A6610
Eleanor HeydtMidtownCarbondale680
Sam AsplundWinnebagoJohns Creek A6810
Joseph ChenRichard MontgomeryNorthmont A6810
Andrew ShiThomas Jefferson AWoodland6810
Yashwanth BajjiTroyInnovation Academy B7310
Liam ReedMaggie Walker CCarl Sandburg7410
Brady LaughlinWest PointChattahoochee A7510
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central ABelvidere750
Aarushi KanigicherlaThomas Jefferson CPlymouth750
Keefer LinChattahoochee BDetroit Catholic Central C7510
Andy YuWinston Churchill ARockford Auburn B8310
Miles SierraWaukeeHinsdale Central8410
Sarah DongSolonMaggie Walker B8410
Bryce CruiseHeightsUniversity Lab840
Jonah HubertDunbarBarrington A8610
Anvith VanukuriWilliam FremdHunter B8810
Charlie BorkElkhorn NorthNew Brighton9010
Cole HartungKinkaidChoate Rosemary Hall9010
Adam HartzJohn Adams BDetroit Catholic Central B9010
Dylan ReidMexicoLincoln-Way East9010
Michael CareyHoover BSaint Joseph9210
Ella SheffieldMercer CountyStevenson B9410
Alec RisoThomas Jefferson BWashington9510
Shreyas SinghUniversity LabHeights10210
Owen WillenborgNormanBarrington B11210
David BertolasiBelvidereDetroit Catholic Central A11210
Mason SeversonNorrisJohn Adams A11310
Aneesh SwaminathanPlymouthThomas Jefferson C11310
Alex CrowellRockford Auburn AMaggie Walker A11310
Ryan DaiCarbondaleMidtown11310
Sanjay RanjithThomas Jefferson DMira Loma11310