Vegetation Regions of Canada: Making Connections

Activity A: Replicate the Natural Vegetation Regions of Canada map (Fig. 14-6) in your map set.

Activity B: Sketch and describe the leaves of a coniferous and deciduous tree in table 1 below using information from figure 14-11 of your textbook.

Activity C: Answer questions 5-8, 11 from p.170 in your textbook.

Activity D: “If you climb a mountain, you will find a similar sequence of vegetation to that you would find if you traveled from southern Canada to the high Arctic.” Using Figure 14-8 from your textbook, draw the types of vegetation you would expect to find a) on the transect in Figure 1 below and b) on the mountain in Figure 2.

Activity E: Complete Table 2 using information from pages 165-169 of your text

Table 1. Deciduous Description Deciduous Picture Coniferous Description Coniferous Picture

Figure 1. Figure 2.

Summary Questions

1. What are the 5 factors that make coniferous trees survive in harsh conditions (see Fig.14-10)?

2. Compare your Vegetation map of Canada to your Climate map of Canada. What are the similarities? What is the major difference? Table 2. Complete this chart based on information from pages 165-169 of your text.

Vegetation Region Types of Natural Temperature Precipitation Soil Characteristics Vegetation Characteristics Characteristics Tundra shrubs, mosses, lichens, Cold- short growing very little precipitation, thin soils – permafrost small flowers season most areas less than 400 mm Boreal and Taiga Forest

Mixed Forest

Deciduous Forest

Grassland short grasses long grasses parkland

Cordilleran Vegetation

West Coast Forest