NEARCTIC (NORTH AMERICAN)
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Distribution of Nearctic Broadleaf Forest By (credit to - Terpsichores - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22441317)In Autumn (or known in North America as Fall), the leaves start to lose their green colour producing chlorophyll, and the other anthocyanin and carotenoid pigments are revealed in the weeks before the leaves go brown, die and fall off. During this time of the year, the forests turn various reds and oranges, and the tourism to appreciate this is known as 'leaf peeping'.
Maple leaves (Canada)The family Rosaceae includes Sorbus americana, 'American Mountain Ash' .
(Bonaventure Island, Canada)The family Sapindaceae includes the iconic 'Maples'.
Maple Leaf (Canada)The family Cornaceae Cornus stolonifera/sericea, 'Red-Osier Dogwood' fruits.
(Bonaventure Island, Canada)The family Sarraceniaceae includes the 'Trumpet Pitcher Plants'. These is not related at all to the Asian Nepenthes Pitcher Plants, but they look quite similar. All of of the species in this genus are endemic to the Nearctic, although most live in the warm and wet south-east, with only one species in the cooler temperate forests: the species below, Sarracenia purpurea, 'Purple Pitcher Plant'.
(Canada)Family Asteraceae
(Canada)Class Aves: Birds
Family Passerellidae: Sparrows
(Bonaventure Island, Canada)
(Bonaventure Island, Canada)Passerculus sandwichensis, 'Savanah Sparrow'. Found in open habitats across North America, with some populations wintering in northern South America.
Sciurus carolinensis, 'Grey (Gray) Squirrel'.