BIOL 2903 Lecture : 3- a.docx
10 Feb 2014
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Is a vast expanse of flat land. They offer the only real source of relief in the hudson bay land. Offer nesting sites for the golden eagle. When we go south of hbl we have lots of relief and also have a continuous forest. That is the boreal forest that occupies 25 % of ontario. It lies entirely on the canadian shield a physiographic region. Its southern limit is the great lakes- st lawrence forest region. Trees that pretty much absent in the boreal forest :white pines and red pines. But the boreal forest has : conifers trees such : black spruce, white spruce and balsam fir. In some regions in the bf jack pine are common. We have other trees are found in bf : such white birch and trembling aspen. General features of the boreal forest: conifers are dominant: Black spruce ( spinning growth, can round them their needes : found in the older part of the bf.
