Canadian Biomes Land Biomes

What is a Biome?? A biome is defined as a large geographical region that has particular types of organisms (plants and animals) and climate. Canada has four main terrestrial (land) biomes : the Tundra Biome, The Boreal Forest Biome, The Temperate Deciduous Forest Biome and The Grassland Biome.

The Tundra …the cold desert Tundra

The Tundra permafrost

Animals found in the Tundra… there is little biodiversity. Animals found in the tundra include reindeer, musk oxen, caribou, wolves, arctic hares, arctic foxes, snowy owls.

The Boreal Forest Sometimes called the Taiga Taiga Dominated by conifers (evergreens)

The Boreal Forest Animals that live here include moose, wolves, bears, deer, elks, wolverines, porcupines, rodents, birds, and insects.

The Temperate Deciduous Forest has the greatest biodiversity. gets its name from the abundance of deciduous trees that grow there. Deciduous trees are trees that shed their leaves in winter, unlike conifers that don’t shed.

The Temperate Deciduous Forest animals that live here include wolves, gray foxes, bobcats, deer, raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks, birds and insects.

Grassland Also called the prairies Has most fertile farmlands

Coyotes, badgers, rattlesnakes, prairie dogs, jackrabbits and ground squirrels can all be found in the grassland biome.