“Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature”
Luther Burbank
Caribou National Forest, Idaho
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For the Love of Geography: Cold Dry Forests
People often imagine a dry forest as a hot environment; however, cold climates can also be dry. Dry, cold forests include steppe and alpine. Dry forests have a combination of grasslands, shrubs with groupings of various types of trees including conifers.
- Steppe is a cold dry forest close to montane barriers. Halfway between a forest and desert it consists of grasslands, shrubs and sparse groupings of trees
Caribou National Forest, Idaho
Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming
- Alpine forests, often referred to as montane forests, occur above 10,000 feet and have long winters. Plants are small and close to the ground. Conifers are sparse.
Mt Shastina, California
Other posts in this series on Forests: Temperate Forests, Coniferous Forests, Deciduous Forests, Cold Dry Forests, Hot Dry Forests
For the Love of Geography: Desert lands of the Great Basin
Caribou National Forest, Idaho
Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming
Sego Canyon, Utah
Great Salt Desert, Utah
Other posts in this series on Deserts: Great Basin, Chihuahuan Desert, High Desert Land, Sonoran Desert
