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A boreal ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate located in the Northern Hemisphere, approximately between 50° and 70°N latitude. These ecosystems are commonly known as taiga and are located in parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. [1] The ecosystems that lie immediately to the south of boreal zones are often called hemiboreal ...
The boreal forest/taiga supports a relatively small variety of highly specialized and adapted animals, due to the harshness of the climate. Canada's boreal forest includes 85 species of mammals, 130 species of fish, and an estimated 32,000 species of insects. [37] Insects play a critical role as pollinators, decomposers, and as a part of the ...
Southern California Coastal–Baja California; Sacramento–San Joaquin; Marine ecoregions. Northern California [3] Southern California Bight; References
The California Floristic Province belongs to the Madrean Region of the Holarctic (or Boreal) Floristic Kingdom. As part of the Madrean Region, it is bordered on its east by the Great Basin Floristic Province , and to the south and southwest by the Sonoran Province (which includes the Mojave , Colorado , Sonoran , and Baja California deserts ).
California comes in a close second with 13 ecoregions across four biomes in the same realm. By contrast, Rhode Island is the least biodiverse with just one ecoregion—the Northeastern coastal forests —encompassing the entire state.
The coast of California north of San Francisco contains the Northern California coastal forests (as defined by the WWF) and the southern section of the Coast Range ecoregion (as defined by the EPA). This ecoregion is dominated by redwood forest, containing the tallest and some of the oldest trees in the world. [22]
Mediterranean California: 11.1: Mediterranean California 11.1.1: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains 11.1.2: Central California Valley: 11.1.3: Southern and Baja California Pine-Oak Mountains 11.1.4: Southern California/Northern Baja California Coast 12: Southern Semi-Arid Highlands 12.1: Western Sierra Madre Piedmont 12.1.1 ...
The Marine West Coast Forest is a Level I ecoregion of North America designated by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in its North American Environmental Atlas. The region includes parts of Alaska , the Yukon , British Columbia , Washington , Oregon , and California .