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Northern Vegetation. Drew Pettit, Joon Park, and Atcha Totachawattana. Vegetation. Vegetation close to ground Absorbs heat Bloom and mature quickly Small shrubs Mosses Lichens-cling to rocks Very limited vegetation. Tundra. Most northern natural vegetation Above tree line - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Northern Vegetation
Drew Pettit, Joon Park, and
Atcha Totachawattana
•Vegetation close to ground
•Absorbs heat
•Bloom and mature quickly
•Small shrubs
•Mosses
•Lichens-cling to rocks
•Very limited vegetation
Vegetation
Tundra
•Most northern natural
vegetation
•Above tree line
•Cold and dry
•Short growing season
•Northern West Territories only
•Largest vegetation region in Canada
•Separated from Tundra by the tree-line
•Coniferous trees, evergreens
•Cold and short growing seasons
•Spruce, balsam fir, pine
Boreal and Taiga Forest
Northern Cordilleran Vegetation
•Yukon
•Variety from west to east
and mountain to valley
•Meadows of flowers,
shrubs
•Far north - no vegetation,
only rocks and ice
Permafrost•Active layer - top meter of the soil
•Surface is water
logged
•Little hummus
•Thin soil
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