Geography 2010A/B Lecture 3: 3: Physical Geography of Canada
18 Apr 2018
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Much of the vegetation we see today in canada is not natural. Instead, it has been introduced through agriculture and human activity. Deciduous forests are composed of trees that lose their leaves each winter. Ex: broadleaf and carolinian: forests you find in southern regions of the broadleaf zone southern o, carolinian have much bigger leaves. Coniferous forests are composed of evergreen trees. Exists where there is a lot of moisture: canadian shield (2) grassland. Dry climate the size of the grass varies with moisture content. Grasslands in canada are only found in the prairie provinces. Xerophyte: a plant that has adapted to low amounts of water: e. g. waxy leaves, deep tap roots etc. (3) tundra. These small plants (due to permafrost) survive in harsh climates. They reproduce by runners offshoots of the main plant. Found in both arctic and alpine areas. Tundra plants have shallow root systems due to the permafrost environment.
