This Tundra Region

Arctic tundra can be found circling the North Pole and reaching far enough south to reach the coniferous forests of the taiga. The arctic tundra is most known for its cold, dessert-like conditions. It experiences

I will first list trees there are pines,oak,maple,elm trees, evergreen spruce, fir,and the deciduous larch. Second I will list plants Blue Bead lily,Goldthread,and Pearly Everlasting.

Four ecosystems make up the park: montane, subalpine, alpine tundra, and the glacier ecosystem. The montane ecosystem is the area full of upland slopes below the timberline and is dominated by coniferous trees like the ponderosa pine. The subalpine zone is below the timberline, but above the montane zone. Quaking aspens, lodgepole pines, and englemann spruce trees can be found there. Alpine tundra is area above the timberline, where there are no trees because it is to windy and icy for them to grow. The glacier zone is full of ice and snow, and there is sparse/no plant life. Animals that can be found in Rocky Mountain National Park are: bighorn sheep, coyotes, beavers, elk, moose, black bears, and yellow-bellied marmots. There are many types of plants and animals living in Rocky Mountain National

Most scientists estimate that the native moose to the area has been living there since the early 1900’s. Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Michigan offers unique opportunity to study the interspecies relationships found in a single ecosystem. This ecosystem is special and particularly useful in study because its primary inhabitants include a producer (the balsam fir tree), a consumer (the herbivorous moose), and a predator (the grey wolf). The predator wolf has been there since1945. The Grey Wolf was able to move to the island once the waters froze over. The moose population at the time was significantly

Polar bears are just one kind of animal you can find on the tundra did you know the tundra is the coldest biome of them all? The climate, producers, and consumers, are all parts that make up the tundra.

Canada's Boreal is one of the last boundary forests left in the world. It provides vital assistance that humanity relies on.

The scenery and wildlife are beautiful. There are many different kinds of trees including but not limited to the flora, fauna, aspen, ponderosa pine, douglas fir, silver spruce and the blue spruce. Additional to the trees, there are over 250 different species of wildflowers. To name a few, there are the columbine, mariposa lily, scarlet paintbrush, mountain iris, fireweed, fairy trumpets, aster and much, much more.

These areas are called the Coastal, Lowland, Temperate rain forest, Montane, Subalpine, and Alpine. The most common trees and plant in the Coastal Forest is the Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), Salal (Gaultheria shallon), and the Deer fern (Blechnum spicant). Second, the Lowlands common species are Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Coast Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa), and Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa). Third, the Temperate Rain Forest most common trees and plants are Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis), Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), Licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza), and Oregon Oxalis (Oxalis oregana). Fourth, the Montane Forest includes the Alaska Yellow-Cedar (Chaemaecyparis nootkatensis), Salal (Gaultheria shallon), and Coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana). Fifth, the Subalpine Forest trees and plants are the Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), Blueberries (Vaccinium sp.), and Avalanche Lily (Erythronium montanum). And lastly the Alpine Forest includes only a few common species the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and Flett’s violet (Viola flettii). The variety of tree and plant seem to change with

Reindeer mosses and lingonberries are the producers of the tundra’s food chain (Naik, 2013) . The primary consumers, arctic hare and reindeer, can’t get their energy directly from the sun so they depend on the producers to obtain the energy they need. The arctic fox is the secondary consumer because they prey on arctic hares but also eat berries. The snowy owl, polar bear, and arctic wolf are the tundra’s tertiary consumers. Snowy owls eats the arctic hare and and arctic fox. Arctic wolves eats the arctic hare, arctic fox, and reindeer. Arctic wolves have been known to prey on snowy owls because unlike regular owls they build their nests on the ground. This brings a disadvantage to the snowy owl since it is now more accessible to prey. The last tertiary consumer in this biome is the polar biome. The polar bear consumes the arctic fox, arctic hare, and sometimes the reindeer. Because nothing are predators to the arctic wolf or polar, they die a natural death. When these organisms die they decompose and become nutrients to the producers of this biome. This allows the entire process to be started over again and is important to maintain the ecological balance of the

Among other names, like their latin names and the regular name( Oaks), mighty oaks are a haven for many organisms. Those organisms include: squirrels, raccoons, spiders, black bears, mountain lions, and bobcats. I’m going to talk about the relationships between these animals and the things that happen during the mighty oak’s life span.

Forest communities like Battle Park have different environmental factors within their area. On different slopes, depending on the direction it is facing, the soil and area could be wetter or drier. This study is looking to see if the north-facing and south-facing sites have differences in basal area, density, species richness, and diversity. Also, there may be some similarities in the area since both are from the same park.

Southeast Alaska contains 10.9 million acres of forest land. Forty percent of southeast Alaska’s forest land or 4.4 million acres is reserved federal land and includes National Park Service or U.S. Forest Service lands, national forest wilderness areas, and federal game refuges (Campbell et al. 2004). The coastal rainforest of southeast Alaska spans across the majority of the coast and at KLGO, the coastal rainforest spans from sea level to around 3500 feet in elevation. Southeast Alaska receives high levels of annual precipitation and coniferous trees dominate the area, although Skagway receives less precipitation compared to the rest of the region. Coastal rainforest vegetation around KLGO includes: western and mountain hemlock, Sitka spruce,

The entire region is a vast sodden plain that slopes towards the sea that is less than a metre per kilometre. Up to 85 percent of the is muskeg or a wetland. There is more water than earth. Water lies everywhere Shallow oblong lakes, Streams that run nowhere. Up to 50 percent of the land is water. (Government of Canada, 2010)

The boreal forest in Canada covers about a third the whole boreal forest in the polar region of the northern hemisphere. There are also other countries covered partly by the boreal forest like Russia and the Nordic and Scandinavian countries such as Norway, Finland and Sweden. In Canada, the boreal region covers about 60% of the land area, from Labrador and Newfoundland to the provinces of Alaska and Yukon. This area is mainly covered by Coniferous forests with a lot of biodiversity (Woynillowicz, et al, 67).

Sargeant Reynolds. We explored and observed the different types of plants and animals in the forest that make up the ecosystem. We found a diversity of plants and animals: millipede (apheloria virginiensis), Darkling beetle, pine cone, northern pin, holly tree, and turkey tail fungus. (trametes versicolor) Records were kept of the presence and absence of different species. Not all of the species of interest were found during the observing time. The time and day that we did the observation is also the cause of the absences of certain animals.