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Santiago Herrero
- A forest is a large area dominated by trees.
- Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are distributed across the globe.
- Forests covered four billion hectares or approximately 30 percent of the world's land area.
- A forest consists of many components that can be divided into two categories that are living
and non-living components. The living components include trees, bushes, grasses and other
herbaceous (non-woody) plants, mosses, algae, fungi, insects, mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians and microorganisms living on the plants and animals and in the soil.
There are three types of forests:
- Coniferous forests
- Temperate deciduous forest
- Mediterranean forest
Mediterranean forests
Medicinal Wood
Grasses, products Bark
Bamboos Corks
Paper products
Canes
Baskets Biomass
Heat
Dyes Gums
Resins
Varnishes
Spices
Fruits Esential oil
Pinions Berries
Soaps
Creams
Coniferous forests make up one-third of the worlds forests and are found
in northern parts of North America, Europe and Asia where temperatures
tend to be lower and winter tends to last longer.
Coniferous forests
Most of the trees in coniferous forests are conifers (or evergreens).
They produce cones and needles; some needles remain on the
tree all year long.
Being forests, these areas are principally defined by their trees, but there are
many varieties of conifers as well as a number of other plants.
Pines, spruce, firs and larches are the dominant trees in coniferous forests.
Pine trees
Fir trees
Larch tree
Northern Arrowwood
Moss
squirrels bears
Wild boar
owl fox
birs
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, is generally
characterized by dry summers and rainy winters. Summers are typically hot in low-lying inland locations but
can be cool near colder seas. Winters are typically mild to cool in low-lying locations but can be cold in
inland and higher locations
The Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome mostly occurs in, but not limited to, the
Mediterranean climate zones, in the mid-latitudes
Mediterranean forest
Vegetation types range from forests to woodlands, savannas, shrublands, and grasslands; "mosaic habitat"
landscapes are common, where differing vegetation types are interleaved with one another
Mediterranean forests are generally composed of broadleaf trees, such as the oak and mixed sclerophyll
forests of California and the Mediterranean region, the Eucalyptus forests of Southwest Australia, and the
Nothofagus forests of central Chile. Coniferous forests also occur, especially around the Mediterranean.
Pine and deciduous oak forest are widespread across California
Oak
Holm oak
eucalyptus Pine
rosemary thyme
acorn
Red
deer
Iberian lynx
rabbit
Grey wolf
bear
squirrels
Imperial eagle