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Mt. St Helens, New Mexico. Alex Merber , Doyle Rules, Aaron Levin. Geological Origin. Formed when the Juan de Fuca plate, an oceanic plate, pushed under the North American plate, a continental. Magma forced up through the Earth's crust, forming Mount St. Helens.
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Mt. St Helens, New Mexico Alex Merber, Doyle Rules, Aaron Levin
Geological Origin • Formed when the Juan de Fuca plate, an oceanic plate, pushed under the North American plate, a continental. • Magma forced up through the Earth's crust, forming Mount St. Helens. • Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, a volcanic region in the pacific. • Convergent Boundary
Ecological History • Coniferous forest, some regions are temperate forest Monthly precipitation
Ecological History Monthly temperature
Ecological History • Pacific tree frog, northwestern garter snakes, northern alligator lizard • Western meadowlark, mallard, wood duck • Common nighthawk, bald eagle • Black-tailed deer, coyote, and cougar.
Sources • http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/mount_saint_helens/ • http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/060301:13