Forests in Canada

Question 1

Features of Acadian Forest?

Answer 1

-Summer 14C Winter -5C
-900-1500mm/yr

Question 2

Features of Boreal Forest?

Answer 2

-Largest region
-Short growing season (Short summers)
- 400-1500mm/yr
-3 regions

Question 3

Features of Carolinian (deciduous) Forest?

Answer 3

-Smallest in Canada (lots in US)
- 720-1500mm/yr
-Summer (16-18), Winter (-2.5, -7)
-40% plant species in Canada
-Highly modified and urbanized

Question 4

Features of Coast Forest?

Answer 4

-Moderate climate (always above 0C)
- 3000mm/yr (Not in South)

Question 5

Features of Columbia Forest?

Answer 5

-Southern BC
-Interior rain forests
-500-1200mm/yr
-Cool wet winters, dry summers
-Elevation influenced

Question 6

Features of Great Lakes St Lawrence Forest?

Answer 6

-720-100mm/yr
-Warm summers(18-22), cold winters(-3- -12)
-25% Canada population (highly disturbed)

Question 7

Features of Subalpine Forest?

Answer 7

-Short growing season (Long winter)
- MAT (-2,2)
-Most precipitation is snow (400-2200mm/yr)
-Elevation varies

Question 7

Features of Montane Forest ?

Answer 7

-Central plateau (600-1200m)
- Variable temp and precipitation
-300mm/yr

Question 8

What trees are found in the Sub-alpine forest?

Answer 8

Lodgepole pine in dry areas
Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir
Douglas-fir (Montane), Amabilis fir (Coastal) Western hemlock & Western red cedar (Coastal & Columbia)

Question 9

What trees are Found in the Carolinian region?

Answer 9

Conifers (White pine, white cedar, Eastern hemlock)
-Sycamore, White oak, Black walnut, Tulip tree, Kentucky coffee tree, shagbark

Question 10

What trees are found in the St. Lawrence Forests?

Answer 10

-Eastern white, red pine, eastern hemlock, sugar & red maple, red oak
-(less common) White cedar, beech, white oak, white ash

Question 11

What trees are found in the Montane Forests?

Answer 11

-Ponderosa pine, Lodgepole pine,
-Subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce (higher elevations)

Question 12

What trees are found in Columbia Forests?

Answer 12

-Western red cedar, Western hemlock, Interior Douglas fir
-Engelmann spruce

Question 13

What trees are found in the Coast Forests?

Answer 13

-Stika spruce (North), Douglas-fir(South)
- Amabilis fir, yellow cedar
-Red cedar, western hemlock

Question 14

What trees are found in the Boreal Forest?

Answer 14

-White & Black spruce
-Tamarack
-Balsam fir, jack pine (East/central)
-Trembling aspen & Balsam poplar

Question 15

What trees are found in the Acadian forest?

Answer 15

-Red, white, black spruce
-Red, jack, eastern white pine
-Yellow, white, paper birch