CANADA

FAUNA & FLORA

Canadian
fauna and flora
◦ Biomes: tundra, forest , grassland
◦ 200 mammal, 3000 plant spieces
◦ 44 national wildlife areas
Tundra biome
◦ animals: Caribou - raindeer,
snow goose,
polar bear, arctic wolf, arctic fox
◦ plants: mostly mosses, lichens, Arctic
willow
 Forest biome
◦ Beaver - national symbol since the 17th
century
- source of food, fur trade
-Lenght 1.3 meters, sharp
teeth, 15 minutes under water
- Lakes, Quebec
Forest biome
◦ Moose - largest type of deer, height: 2 meters
- big bodies, thin legs,
- near lakes, good swimmers
◦ Others: mountain goat, elk, mule deer, grizzly
and black bear, bighorn sheep, wolverine
 Forest biome
◦ Most typical plants: pines, oaks, firs and maples
◦ Red maple - Leaf: national symbol,
canadian flag
- 30 meters, hundreds of years
- maple syrup
◦ Bunchberry - unofficial national flower
◦ Douglas fir
Grassland biome
◦ Bison - buffalo -2 meters tall, 60km/h
-brought back from near
extinction
◦ Burrowing owl - nest in burrows
- can mimic snakes
◦ Plants: blue grama grass, wildlife flowers.
Aquatic life
◦ Narwhals- 3 metre spiral horn
◦ Killer whales, beluga whales,
walruses, seals
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