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FOREST

 Is large area densely covered with trees.

 It is interwoven community of living things, animals, plants

 It can be found in all regions capable of sustaining tree growth .

Angiosperms (broad leaf forests) - a large group of plants that flowers and produce seeds
enclosed in an ovary or a fruit.
a large group of plants that have flowers and produce seeds enclosed in an ovary or a fruit

Gymnosperms(needle forests) - are a group of plants which produce seeds that are not
contained within an ovary.

TYPES OF FOREST

Boreal forests or Taiga

Mountain forests

Tropical rain forests

Mixed forests

Deciduous forests

Tropical and Sub tropical forests

Boreal Forests or Taiga

- Occupying the North Temperate Zone and Arctic are generally evergreen and coniferous
forest areas.
Moutain Forests

- May have lush tropical evergreens or wind twisted conifers, depending on the location and
climate.

Tropical Rain Forests

- Need plentiful year- round moisture. In drier regions, tropical deciduous forests flourish.
Mixed Forests

-Where conifers can compete on more or less equal terms with the broad- leaved deciduous forest.

Deciduous Forests

-Warm temperate zones support broadleaf evergreen forests, including laurel forests.
Tropical and subtropical Forests

-Include tropical and subtropical moist forests tropical and subtropical dry forests, and tropical
and subtropical coniferous forests.

Forest Ecology

- Is the scientific study of patterns and processes in forests.

- Branch of of a biotically- oriented classification of types of ecological study.

The importance of Forests:

1. Forests provide jobs and incomes

2. Forests are vital to our health

3. Forests give us oxygen

4. Forests account for 75 % of freshwater resources worldwide

5. Forests protect us from disasters

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