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Northern Vegetation

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

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Northern Vegetation

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  1. Northern Vegetation Drew Pettit, Joon Park, and Atcha Totachawattana

  2. Vegetation • Vegetation close to ground • Absorbs heat • Bloom and mature quickly • Small shrubs • Mosses • Lichens-cling to rocks • Very limited vegetation

  3. Tundra • Most northern natural vegetation • Above tree line • Cold and dry • Short growing season

  4. Boreal and Taiga Forest • 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

  5. 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

  6. Permafrost • Active layer - top meter of the soil • Surface is water • logged • Little hummus • Thin soil

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