Tundra

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Tundra

• Coldest biome.
• Growing season short.
• Simple vegetation that can resist climate Low
  shrubs, sedges, moss, grasses and flowers
• Soil takes a long time to form.
• Located Arctic NorthLinks http//www.thecultur
  edtraveler.com/archives/JUN2004/Tundra.htm
• http//www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/tundr
  a.php

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Taiga Forest

• Harsh continental climate
• Large temperature range between summer and winter
• Long winters
• Low precipitation
• Poor soil
• Closely-spaced trees and mossy ground cover.
• Larch, spruce, fir and pine coniferous
  treesLocated Canadian ShieldLinks
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiga
• http//www.pfc.forestry.ca/canforest/canf/taiga1_e
  .html

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Boreal Forest

• Occupies 77 of Canada's total forest land.
• South of the taiga forest, but very similar.
• Sweeps across North America.
• Lots of coniferous trees.
• Often called the spruce-moose biome.
• Located S. Canadian Shield, Northern
  PrairiesLinks http//www.borealforest.org/index.
  php?categoryworld_boreal_forestpageoverview

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Plains

• 95 of the plains has been converted to farmland.
• Alteration of natural habitat has meant more
  endangered species on the prairies than anywhere
  else.
• Located Prairies
• Links http//canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/engli
  sh/ecozones/prairies/prairies.htm

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Montaine

• BC has several forest zones due to its
  fluctuation mountain climate. On the coast,
  there is a coastal rainforest in the mountains,
  a montaine climate.
• Older forests mostly coniferous, younger forests
  are mixed.
• Due to the varying altitude (height) of the land,
  there is a mix of alpine, tundra, and taiga
  forest.
• Located British Columbia, Western Alberta

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Coastal Temperate

• Lots of mountains, leading to lots and lots of
  orthographic rain... leading to really really
  big, really really old trees.
• Rarest ecosystem in the world (.02 of earth
  surface)
• Mix of deciduous and coniferous forests in some
  areas, but oldest areas are deciduous.
• Trees are so big that almost nothing can grow on
  the floor due to no sunlight.
• Located Pacific Coast

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Mixedwood

• Less than 3 of this forest remains.
• Urbanization and agriculture have reduced the
  ancient forests.
• There was a mix of coniferous and deciduous
  trees, with MANY native coniferous trees.
• Lots of good soil and water.
• Located Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River
  regionLinks http//canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.c
  a/english/ecozones/mixedwoodplains/mixedwoodplains
  .htm
• http//cnfi.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/canforest/canf/mixedwo
  od4_e.html

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Atlantic Maritime

• Most of this forest is gone after centuries of
  farming.
• Inhospitable highlands make for acidic soil. Poor
  for farming but decent for forests.
• More storms than anywhere else in the country.
  Lots of precipitation.
• Almost all of this forest has been logged at
  least once, meaning no really old trees.
• A tree disease killed off most of the chestnut
  trees in the 20th century.