Plants of the Northern Forest Community
The huge northern forests are mostly spruces, firs, pines, and other conifers. These trees can live where the weather is really cold. Their needle-like leaves are tough enough to hold water through the long, dry winter. The wind blows through the needles without making the trees sway too much. The sloping shape of the trees allows heavy snow to slide off without breaking branches.
Not many small plants grow in the northern forests. The soil is too poor, and there is limited sunlight. But ferns, horsetails, mosses, a few kinds of wild flowers, and such shrubs as bunchberry and cranberry can survive there.
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