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  2. Temperate coniferous forest - Wikipedia

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    Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Temperate coniferous forests are found predominantly in areas with warm summers and cool winters, and vary in their kinds of plant life.

  3. List of ecoregions in Norway - Wikipedia

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    1.2 Temperate coniferous forests. 1.3 Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. 1.4 Tundra. 2 Svalbard. Toggle Svalbard subsection. 2.1 Tundra. 3 References. Toggle the ...

  4. Taiga - Wikipedia

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    Taiga or tayga (/ ˈ t aɪ ɡ ə / TY-gə; Russian: тайга́, IPA:), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga or boreal forest is the world's largest land biome. [1]

  5. Scandinavian coastal conifer forests - Wikipedia

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    The Scandinavian coastal conifer forest is a terrestrial ecoregion as defined by WWF [1] and National Geographic. [2] The broad definition is based on climatic parameters and includes a long area along the western Norwegian coast from Lindesnes Municipality and north to approximately Senja Municipality (further north summers are too cool for pine in coastal areas); in essence areas along the ...

  6. Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests - Wikipedia

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    Mexico harbors the world's richest and most complex subtropical coniferous forests. [2] The conifer forests of the Greater Antilles contain many endemics and relictual taxa. [1] [3] Many migratory birds and butterflies spend winter in tropical and subtropical conifer forests. This biome features a thick, closed canopy which blocks light to the ...

  7. Central Pacific coastal forests - Wikipedia

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    Where mountains abut the coast, however, Sitka spruce forests may extend up to 600 m (2,000 ft). [2] Riparian forests of this ecoregion are quite distinct from the Douglas-fir/hemlock forests. Broadleaf species such as black cottonwood and red alder replace the otherwise ubiquitous conifers along the many rivers and streams of the Pacific ...

  8. New England–Acadian forests - Wikipedia

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    The coniferous forest goes by many names, including: Boreal forest, fir-spruce forest, the North Woods, and the taiga. It is noted in New England for its "harsh" conditions such as cold, subarctic temperatures, a short growing period, sandy-gravely acidic soil, and a high rate of leeching of nutrients out of the soil.

  9. Southeastern conifer forests - Wikipedia

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    The Southeastern conifer forests are a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of the southeastern United States. It is the largest conifer forest ecoregion east of the Mississippi River . [ 2 ] It is also the southernmost instance of temperate coniferous forest within the Nearctic realm .