BIOL 2903 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hudson Bay Lowlands, Tyrrell Sea, Muskeg
13 Apr 2018
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Waxwing birds: they toss the berry and usually toss them in the air before swa. The boundary for the south of hudson bay lowland. Different from tundra, hbl has some continuous forest, The hudson bay is underlain by sedimentary limestone. There are still a lot of hospitable things there! Hbl is cold, average daily temperature = -3 c to -6 c. Clay - the reason of being there, are tyrrell sea (why not going more south, it is shield) Flat, discontinuous permafrost + impervious deposits = poor drainage = lots o. Cold + wet = ideal conditions for sphagnum moss! The hbl is one of the largest expanses of continuous muskeg in the wor. Peat > 45 cm thick and wet = muskeg. Stunted black spruce and tamarack characterise the hbl muskeg. But trees grow taller and form continuous forest in some sites. Peatlands : bogs and fens are dominant habitats. The most common habit so the most powerful.
