Canada

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Canadas Vegetation Regions at a glance

• Prepared by Miss Hetu

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What region do you think this is?

• Think about the following characteristics that
  determine this vegetation region
• Vegetation types
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil

• Nunavut
• Tundra
• www.beringair.com/gallery/ tundra.jpg

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North West
Territories Tundra



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Tundra

• Vegetation Types
• Small shrubs, mosses, lichens
• Temperature
• Very cold, short growing season (above 6C)
• Precipitation
• Very dry (actually!)
• Soil Type
• Thin soil, waterlogged/poor drainage, and
  frozen/permafrost

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Where in Canada could this be?

• Againthink about these factors
• Vegetation types
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil

• B.C.
• West Coast Forest
• www.danielareif.de/westcoastusaFrame.htm

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Douglas Fir

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  B.C.
  
  West
  Coast Forest
  
  
  www.sonic.net/kerry/ forest.html

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West Coast Forest

• Vegetation Types
• Rainforest, VERY large coniferous trees
• Temperature
• Mild climate (avg. 10C)
• Precipitation
• Heavy rainfall
• Soil Type
• Lots of humus (layer of decomposing organic
  matter i.e. leaves, fallen trees, carcasses,
  etc.)

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View from the top of the Rockies

• Vegetation types
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil

• B.C./Alb.
• Cordilleran Vegetation
• http//www.ecoexplorer.ca/cordillera.html

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Below the mountain


B.C. Cordilleran Vegetation http//www.p
fc.forestry.ca/ecology/ferns/sicamous/index_e.html
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Cordilleran

• Vegetation Types
• Variable grasses in dry/hot valleys, coniferous
  trees in lower valleys, and tundra-like above
  the tree line
• Temperature
• Warmer in valleys, dry/hot valleys on the
  rain- shadow side of mountains, and cooler higher
  up
• Precipitation
• Heavier rain on the windward side and lower
  down the mountains
• Soil Type
• Variable/Soils of all types

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What region do all these coniferous trees belong
to?

• Vegetation types
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil

• Northern On.
• Boreal and Taiga Forest
• ridge.icu.ac.jp/gen-ed/ biogeog-jpgs/taiga.jpg

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Notice how stunted and scattered the trees are

• Manitoba (Near the treeline)
• Boreal and Taiga Forest ridge.icu.ac.jp/gen-ed
  /biogeog jpgs/taiga.jpg

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Boreal and Taiga Forest

• Vegetation Types
• Coniferous trees, some deciduous in south
• Temperature
• Cold, short growing season (above 6C)
• Precipitation
• Wet climate
• Soil Type
• Thin soil/little humus, acidic soil, leaching ,
  and waterlogged/poor drainage in many parts

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Few trees in this region

• Vegetation types
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil

• Southern Man.
• Grasslands
• www.laprensa-sandiego.org/

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Some here and there maybe

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  Southern Sask.
• Grasslands
• www.tarleton.edu/.../ shortgrassprairie.html

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Grasslands

• Vegetation Types
• Long and short grasses, cactus, trees in valleys
• Temperature
• Cold winter, hot summer
• Precipitation
• Very dry to dry, high evaporation
• Soil Type
• Limited humus, calcified soils, good humus in
  southern parts

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A little more variety in this region

• Vegetation types
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil

Southern Que. Mixed Forest www.greenhoot.com/summe
r.htm
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Land cleared for agriculture

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  Southern Ont.
  
  
  Mixed Forest
  
  http//www.pfc.forestry.ca/canforest/canf/taiga1_e
  .html

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Mixed Forest (HERE!!!)

• Vegetation Types
• Coniferous and Deciduous trees
• Temperature
• Temperate climate (not too hot, not too cold)
• Precipitation
• Regular and abundant rain
• Soil Type
• Good humus, little leaching, perfect for
  farming

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The back yard

• Vegetation types
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil
• Hardly a trace remains of the this regions
  unique forest, because of massive clearing in
  the last 200 years for agriculture and more and
  more for urbanization.

Toronto - Southern Ont. Deciduous
Forest www.life.uiuc.edu/.../04Ecosystems/
Deciduous.gif
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Deciduous Forest

• Vegetation Types
• Deciduous trees
• Temperature
• Long hot summer, mild winter
• Precipitation
• Lots of rain
• Soil Type
• Humus-rich!, some leaching, most fertile soil
  in Canada

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Technicolour Forest