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6)understanding the worlds forests?

hello,

confused about some terminology - help would be greatly appreciated; there are three types of forests right? deciduous, coniferous, and rainforests...a textbook i'm making notes on has boreal forest - is that the same as deciduous forests? and are the three forest groups names above the only three main forest types in the world?

pk

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Reply 1

Font

are boreal and coniferous forests the same thing?

Reply 2

Ellie4

Hello again.

Boreal = taiga = coniferous forest

Quite different from temperate deciduous forests and tropical rainforests.

Reply 3

Ellie4

love2learn

I think that boreal is temperate coniferous

That's wrong. Boreal is coniferous and found at latitudes of 60 degrees N and higher, until you get into tundra.

Temperate's what you get in S.Europe.

Reply 4

love2learn

I'm deleting my post now

Reply 5

love2learn

In my book it says temperate coniferous and then boreal in brackets

Reply 6

Font

love2learn

I think that boreal is temperate coniferous:

With forests you've got the main types and then you get temperate and tropical

what do you mean - i thought there were only three types

1) coniferous
2) Deciduous
3)Rainforests

can you enlighten me about anyother important stff i'm missnig out on?

thanks

PK

Reply 7

love2learn

what book or source have you been using Ellie? mine are really confusing!

Reply 8

Ellie4

Phil23

what do you mean - i thought there were only three types

1) coniferous
2) Deciduous
3)Rainforests

can you enlighten me about anyother important stff i'm missnig out on?

thanks

PK

There's no such thing as a temperate coniferous forest. It's temperate deciduous, or coniferous.

Reply 9

love2learn

I deleted my post due to my book being stupid. Only look at Ellie's posts

Reply 10

Ellie4

love2learn

what book or source have you been using Ellie? mine are really confusing!

Um... mainly my class notes. I've got textbooks like Waugh, but they're a bit rubbish.

Reply 11

Font

what are you guys on about??? :confused:

so temperate forests can be either coniferous or deciduous? or etmperate forests = coniferous forests?

Reply 12

Ellie4

Phil23

what are you guys on about??? :confused:

so temperate forests can be either coniferous or deciduous? or etmperate forests = coniferous forests?

No!
3 types of forest in the world:
Coniferous (also known as boreal or taiga)
Temperate deciduous
Tropical rainforest

Reply 13

love2learn

Can you straighten this out for me please
My revision book has got 'temperate deciduous woodland' and 'temperate coniferous (boreal) forest'
So is this incorrect

Phil - ignore me

love2learn

Can you straighten this out for me please
My revision book has got 'temperate deciduous woodland' and 'temperate coniferous (boreal) forest'
So is this incorrect

Yeah. Coniferous forest isn't temperate. It's found at latitudes much higher than that!