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Ground that is permanently frozen is called...

Permafrost

Defined by dominant canopy-forming trees

A forest region

This type of lichen colonizes bare rock

Crustose

When granite is exposed to great heat and pressure it becomes...

Gneiss

Defined by the lay of the land and bedrock type

physiographic region

The oldest rock in Ontario

Granite

How many species of sandpipers and plovers nest in the Tundra?

12

The largest physiographic region in Ontario

Canadian shield

This endangered species of sandpiper fattens up in the mudflats of james bay before it migrates south...

Redknot

This group of plants is dominant in the HBL ecoregion

Heaths

These birds benefit from a spruce budworm outbreak...

Warblers (except Kirtland) & Sparrows

The highest relief in the HBL is...

The Sutton Hills

A carnivorous plant found along the rocky shores of HBL rivers

Butterwort

This tree has serotinuous cones

Jack pine

Forest fires are prevalent in this part of the BF

western boreal

One of the most common ducks in beaver ponds in the BF

Hooded Merganser

This species is NOT a budworm warbler.

Kirtland's Warbler

This is an important winter food for moose in the BF...

Balsam Fir

Forest tent caterpillars defoliate this kind of tree

Trembling Aspen

One side of a cliff could be warmer than the other

microclimate

Huge rocks dropped off by glaciers

Erratic rocks

The scratches found on rocks

Stritations

When animals and plants survive after glaciers come into an area it is called...

Glacial Refugea

The first thing to settle in an area

pioneer species

The change in the floor of an area over time

secession

The ultimate stage the forest will remain until something major happens (fire, outbreak of species, ice storm)

Maple climax forest

The land is rising and being relieved from the weight of glaciers

Isostatic rebound

A plant or animal that is found primarily only in the forest region

Indicator species

Plants that are salt tolerant are called

Halophytics

animals have different adaptations for feeding in the same area

niche partitioning

an organic soil formed by plants themselves

peat

less wind

Leeward side

If a tree grows no larger if planted south it exhibits...

Genotypic dwarfism

If a tree grows larger further south it exhibits...

phenotypic dwarfism

If a plant is only found in one location it is called

Endemic

When peat is more than 45cm thick it is characterized as...

muskeg

when a tree can't grow big because of lack of nutrients it is...

stunted

Ridges formed by glaciers are known as

Morraines

Type of peatland 1) receives water and nutrients only from rainfall and is dominated by sphagnum moss

Bogs

Type of peatland 2) receives water and nutrients from flowing ground water such as streams and are often sedge-dominanted.

Fens

when peatlands form by glaciers leaving behind pockets of water it is called...

Lake Fill

A great warming trend that occurred 5000-7000 years ago

Hypisthermal

When a forest transforms back to a peatland habitat it is called...

Paludification