Forests in the entire Europe considerably differ from each other, which is the result of diffrent cilmates. Parts of Scandinavia north of Artic Circle contain of tundra, while there’s taiga on it’s central part. Territories south of it are overgrown with temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. The mediterranean regions are full of evergreen shrubs.

Tundra’s a biome, where trees growth is hindred by low temperatures and ashort growing season, in Europe located north of the Artic Circle. It’s overgrown by moss, dwarf birches, crow- and black bearberries and inhabited by reindeers, artic foxer, hares and various rodents.

Taiga is a coinferous forest consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches. It covers most of the Scandinavian Peninsula and most of the Finland’s territories. The local fauna consists of mooses, bears, dears and squirells. There are numerous insects, rodents and birds.

Temperate forests, located between southern costs of Baltic Sea and the Alps and on some parts of Balkan Peninsula, are the biggest european biome There’re three kinds of them: broadleaf (oaks, beeches, maples, birches), mixed and coniferous (pines, spruces, firs). The wildlife here includes rich fur bearing animals such as mink, silver fox, lynx, sable, and beaver.

Maquis is a scrubland vegetation of the Mediterranean region, composed primarily of leathery, broad-leaved evergreen shrubs or small trees like myrtles, laurels, olives and figs. In ancien times there used to be forests consisting mostly of oaks, but they were cut down.

Strict Nature Reserve Natural Monument or Feature National Park Habitat/Species Management Area Protected Landscape Wilderness Area

YPEF booklet - „Puls życia” and „Puls ziemi” textbooks by Nowa Era publishing house Slides 1 background- Tundra picture- Taiga picture - Forest picture – Vegetation in europe map - Machia picture - Logo Natura

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