The tundra artic plains completely covering most of the earth’s lands north of the coniferous forest belt. The tundra’s ecosystem is very sensitive. It doesn’t have a good ability to restore itself. Controlled by sedge, heath, willow, moss, and lichen. Plains that are pretty much alike, called alpine tundra, occur above the timberline in the high mountains of the world. Even the Antarctic area has a couple of its own arctic regions itself. The climate of the tundra is characterized by harsh
Words: 557 - Pages: 3
spread across northern Mongolia from March until June of 1996. The fires were the most extensive since records were first compiled in 1978, resulting in 26 deaths and nearly 800 people injured or rendered shelterless. An estimated 20% of Mongolia's coniferous forest was damaged in the blaze. User Contributions: 1 bolorReport this comment as inappropriateMay 2, 2008 @ 2:02 am hi it's very very intresting information for us thank you and good luck 2 abcReport this comment as inappropriateMar
Words: 378 - Pages: 2
found in a taiga. The taiga ecological issues are deforestation and mining. Most creatures relocate to remain hotter in the taiga. Cold tundra is situated in the northern side of the equator, enclosing the north post and stretching out south to the coniferous woods of the taiga. The ice is known for its chilly, abandon like conditions. The developing season ranges from 50 to 60 days. The normal winter temperature is - 34° C (- 30° F), yet the normal summer temperature is 3-12° C (37-54° F) which empowers
Words: 1774 - Pages: 8
MEDITERRANEAN SCRUB Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, as defined by the World Wildlife Federation, is known for dry summers and rainy winters. Summers are typically hot in low-lying inland locations but can be cool near colder seas and oceans. Winters are typically mild to cool in low-lying locations but can be cold in inland and higher locations. The Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome occurs in the world's five Mediterranean climate zones, on the west coast of
Words: 1792 - Pages: 8
excitement I felt while taking that fabulous bus tour. It was the first time I travelled alone and I got so anxious about the moment we would meet. You seemed to me so mysterious and enigmatic when I was driving along your roads, watching your thick coniferous forests. Your nature seemed to be very cold and motionless, though it was rather a warm sunny summer day. But when I first entered the Senate Square of Helsinki everything changed in a flash. You smiled at me and I realized that it was true love
Words: 463 - Pages: 2
has a wingspan of 10.75 inches and weighs a mere 0.8 ounce! The Tufted Titmouse can be found over nearly the entire eastern half of the US during both the summer and winter. These non-migratory birds can be found in deciduous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests, preferably near swamps and riversides. The Tufted Titmouse, sometimes called a Sugar Bird, or Tomtit, is active and agile, hanging upside down from small branches to feed on insects. They are sociable birds and can be seen in mixed flocks
Words: 544 - Pages: 3
Zollingeri Interesting Fact: 1.Blue Milk Mushroom: A widely distributed species, which grows in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America. It has also been seen in Southern France. The indigo grows on the ground in both deciduous and coniferous forests, where it forms mycorrhizal associations with a broad range of trees. The fruit body color ranges from dark blue in fresh specimens to pale blue gray in older ones. The milk, or latex, oozes when the mushroom tissue is cut or broken. 2
Words: 557 - Pages: 3
and primarily Eastern Asia. This species is now prevalent globally due in large part to its magnificent and impressive flowers. It is estimated that there are over 80,000 plant varieties that have been generated in cultivation. 4. The Cedar is a coniferous tree associated to the Pinaceae plant family. The Cedar is native to Lebanon as well as parts of the Mediterranean and the mountains of the Western Himalayas and Asia. Regularly located in Britain, the Cedar was introduced in 1638. Since then, Cedars
Words: 588 - Pages: 3
then you should try hiking through the Cevennes. The Cevennes is another one of France’s national parks located in the South of the country. It is the only large wooded national park of France and is covered with more than one thousand square kilometers of deciduous and coniferous forests. This park is extremely diverse holding over twentyfour thousand different species of plants and animals for you to admire. The Cevennes also have a network of ecomuseums to help you retrace the history of the mountain and are known to give “an
Words: 562 - Pages: 3
situated close to the highest point of the world, just beneath the tundra biome (Taiga, 2000). The winters in the taiga are exceptionally frosty with just snowfall (Taiga, 2000). The summers are warm, blustery, and sticky. A considerable measure of coniferous trees develops in the taiga. The taiga is otherwise called the boreal timberland. The taiga doesn't have the same number of plant and creature species as the tropical or the deciduous backwoods biomes. It has a great many bugs in the mid-year. Flying
Words: 751 - Pages: 4
