A northwestern coniferous forest is a type of forest found in the northwestern parts of North America, characterized by its dense growth of coniferous trees such as Douglas fir, Western red cedar, and Sitka spruce. These forests have a cool, moist climate and are known for their biodiversity and important role in wildlife habitat and ecosystem services.
The only northwest coniferous forest in the world (northern California, Oregon, Western Canada, and southwestern Alaska) deserves it's own biome because of it's abundance in vegetation and unique wildlife. Mild, moist air from the Pacific Ocean provides abundant rainfall to this biome. The forest is made up of a variety of conifers, ranging from giant redwoods along the coast of northern California to spruce, fir, and hemlock farther north. Moss cover tree trunks and the forest floors. Ferns are also common. The most common flowering plants are dogwood and rhododendron. The northwest coniferous forest is also called "temperate rainforest".
Abiotic Factors-- mild temperature, lots of precipitation during fall, winter, and spring. cool dry summer, rocky acidic soil.
Plants-- sitka spruce (Alaska's state tree), Douglas fir, western hemlock, redwood.
Wildlife-- bears, elk, deer, beavers<3, owls, bobcats, weasel family
Geographic Distribution-- Pacific coast of northwest United States and Canada, from northern Cali to Alaska.
The northwestern coniferous in on the Pacific coast of northwestern United States and Canada, ranging from northern California to the AlaskaBoreal Forest. The northwestern coniferous forest is located in the north west of many countries. Bears and cyotes are very common in these areas. During the 17th century writing of "The Emporer's New Groove" by Shakespeare, a mutant gene of rabid llamas spread to the area and attacked the village. This village went on to invent a new weapon in order to keep the llamas at bay. This invention was a ground hammock that caught the llamas' hooves. This event became famous world round and went on to put coniferous forests in the global spotlight. On the subject, many plays were created that took place in the northwestern coniferous forests such as "Tickle Me Green"(B.A. Spears), "I've Been Working on the treetops"(M. Jackson), and "What I've Done"(Linkin Park). To find out where northwestern coniferouds forests are, you should go to any point on the equator, find the nearest coniferous tree, and go northwest. Also see the guinea pig article on "Guinea Pigs in the Forest."
main source of food in the coniferous forest are the seeds made by trees,
The coniferous forest is the worlds largest land biome
most of the worlds softwood timber(used for paper) comes from this biome.
there a thousands of small lakes and swampy areas
Some trees depend on fir as a catalyst for seed-release
clearcut logging is the biggest threat to the northwestern coniferous forest
it's actually deciduous............................... i think
An example of commensalism in a coniferous forest is when a deer benefits from eating fruits and leaves from trees without affecting the tree. The deer benefits by obtaining food, while the tree is not harmed or affected by the deer's feeding behavior.
There is a bit of "transition" between areas of permafrost and the coniferous forests, but yes, a few trees will grow over permafrost. These trees will grow if there is sufficient "relief" in the form of seasonal thawing. That thawing allows soil of sufficient depth to unfreeze and support a larger plant like a tree. Trees would need a little longer period of thawing and enough of the soil to thaw so they can survive than, say, bushes, shrubs or flowering plants like those of the tundra.
The land biome characterized by trees with needle-shaped leaves that produce seeds in cones is the coniferous forest biome, also known as the taiga. This biome is found in colder regions with long winters and short summers, such as Canada, Russia, and Scandinavia. Coniferous trees like pine, spruce, and fir dominate this biome.
Please see related link below for scientific names for Coniferous and Deciduous trees.
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The Coniferous Forest cover the most part of Canada, part of the northwestern part of the USA, tundra, Asia, and Europe.
herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
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Northwestern coniferous forest
It varies from 50 inches in the south to 200 inches in the north.
rocky, acidic soil or this is what i could find please change this answer if you find a better answer
A coniferous forest is a fern forest
Abiotic factors in a northwestern coniferous forest include temperature fluctuations, precipitation levels, sunlight availability, and soil composition. These factors play a key role in shaping the ecosystem and influencing the distribution of plant and animal species in the forest.
A coniferous forest is one with many evergreen trees. You usually find a coniferous forest at higher altitudes.
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