Hemiboreal

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Hemiboreal deciduous forest in Latvia. Latvia, like other hemiboreal areas, also has extensive lush coniferous forests.

Hemiboreal means halfway between the

temperate and subarctic (or boreal) zones. The term is most frequently used in the context of climates and ecosystems
.

Botany

A hemiboreal forest has some characteristics of a boreal forest to the north, and also shares features with temperate-zone forests to the south.

, also take root here.

Climate

The term sometimes denotes the form of

subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc), particularly those with continental climate
characteristics.

Examples

In the southernmost part of Finland, coniferous forests are lush and noble deciduous trees grow here and there. Hemiboreal coniferous forest in Helsinki Central Park; notice the species of grove in the field layer.

Examples of locations with hemiboreal climates or ecosystems include:

References

  1. ^ Chytry, Milan, et al. "Diversity of Forest Vegetation Across a Strong Gradient of Climatic Continentality: Western Sayan Mountains, South Siberia." Plant Ecology (2007).
  • Grinde, Alexis R.; Niemi, Gerald J. (2016-09-01). "A synthesis of species interactions, metacommunities, and the conservation of avian diversity in hemiboreal and boreal forests". Journal of Avian Biology. 47 (5): 706–718.
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  • Clayden, Stephen R.; Cameron, Robert P.; McCarthy, John W. (2011), DellaSala, Dominick A. (ed.), "Perhumid Boreal and Hemiboreal Forests of Eastern Canada", Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation, Washington, DC: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, pp. 111–131, , retrieved 2022-03-23