17ecozones Flashcards
Canada’s Ecozones
from notrh to south
ARCTIC CORDILLERA ECOZONE
___vast polar ice fields and spectacular
alpine glacier scenery, extremely cold, desert-like, with high winds and lacking in soil cover
___Lichens and mosses
NORTHERN ARCTIC ECOZONE
–non-mountainous, the coldest and driest landscapes, high winds and shallow soils
–Lichen and herbs, Shrubs Vegetative cover is greater on wetter sites at coastal lowlands
SOUTHERN ARCTIC ECOZONE
–most extensive vegetative cover and highest
species diversity of the three arctic ecozones
–taiga forest, treeless arctic tundra, Dwarf shrubs
TAIGA PLAINS ECOZONE
–upland, southerly areas are usually
better drained, warmer, and support mixed
wood forests
–conifers, Shrubs
TAIGA SHIELD ECOZONE
–several lakes, wetlands and open
forests
–lichen woodlands, mixed woods
BOREAL SHIELD ECOZONE
–the largest ecozone,
-80% forested, conifer stands,wider distribution of broad leaf trees, needle-leaf trees, Lichens, shrubs, and forbs
ATLANTIC MARITIME ECOZONE
–forests of conifers and deciduous, Shrubs
MIXEDWOOD PLAINS ECOZONE
–mixed coniferous-deciduous
BOREAL PLAINS ECOZONE
–most numerous are broadleaf trees
PRAIRIES ECOZONE
–open grasslands
TAIGA CORDILLERA ECOZONE
–tundra (low shrubs, mosses and lichens), open woodland
BOREAL CORDILLERA ECOZONE
–grasslands, boreal forest
PACIFIC MARITIME ECOZONE
forming old growth forests
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE
–Most diversity
