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Atlantic Maritime Ecozone (CEC)
The Atlantic Maritime Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is an Ecozones of Canada, ecozone which covers the Canada, Canadian provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, as well as the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. It is adjacent to the Atlantic Marine (ecozone), Atlantic Marine Ecozone to the east, and the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone (Canada), Mixedwood Plains to the west. The roughly-corresponding Level I Ecoregion to this ecozone in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's classification, which is also part of the CEC system, is the List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)#Northern Forests, Northern Forests ecoregion, though that classification includes the woodlands and swamps of northern Michigan and Minnesota, which are adjacent to the Boreal Shield Ecozone (CEC), Boreal Shield ecozone. The coastal areas are generally cooler in summer and warmer in winter than the inland regions, with richer soils suitab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abies Balsamea
''Abies balsamea'' or balsam fir is a North American fir, native to most of eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland west to central Alberta) and the northeastern United States (Minnesota east to Maine, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to West Virginia). Description Balsam fir is a small to medium-size evergreen tree typically tall, occasionally reaching a height of . The narrow conic crown consists of dense, dark-green leaves. The bark on young trees is smooth, grey, and with resin blisters (which tend to spray when ruptured), becoming rough and fissured or scaly on old trees. The leaves are flat and needle-like, long, dark green above often with a small patch of stomata near the tip, and two white stomatal bands below, and a slightly notched tip. They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but with the leaf bases twisted so that the leaves appear to be in two more-or-less horizontal rows on either side of the shoot. The needles become shorter and thicker the higher they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
