Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga
Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga
The Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga is a boreal forest ecoregion of the Russian Far East, spanning the lower Amur River and its wetlands, the west coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, and more than half of the rugged Sikhote-Alin range along with parts of the Badzhal and Dzhugdzhur mountains. It is the southernmost taiga in Eurasia, where "light taiga" of Dahurian larch at lower elevations gives way to "dark taiga" of Yeddo spruce and fir higher up, mixed with broadleaf trees such as Manchurian oak, Manchurian ash, and Amur linden. Pacific maritime influence brings warmer winters and cooler summers than the continental interior, with heavy snow cover of one to two meters near the coast by winter's end. The ecoregion is notable for blending northern Okhotsk-Kamchatka species with southern Manchurian flora and fauna, supporting reindeer, Siberian musk deer, brown bears, and the critically endangered Kaluga sturgeon of the lower Amur. Gardeners may recognize ornamentally familiar genera native here, including birch and linden.
RESOLVE 715
Palearctic
155,298 sq mi
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Tipo de paisagem
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Região vegetal
Palearctic
Pegada da região
155,298 sq mi
Pressão sobre o habitat
Nature Could Reach Half Protected (Dinerstein NNH 2)
Origem e cuidado
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Use isto como o padrão geral de plantio para a região: The vast northern forest belt of spruce, fir, pine, and larch, defined by long, severe winters and short growing seasons. Often underlain by permafrost and wetlands, the taiga forms one of the world’s largest terrestrial carbon stores. Para decisões de jardim, combine esse contexto com a lista de plantas abaixo e depois refine pelas restrições de luz, água, solo e tamanho adulto do seu local.
Range & origins
Marker placed inside the RESOLVE 2017 polygon at 52.1°N, 136.3°E.
A região ao longo do tempo
Pegada moderna
RESOLVE 2017 mapeia 155,298 sq mi
Este limite é uma pegada ecológica moderna de Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga, não uma linha permanente no planeta. É útil para o contexto atual de plantas e fauna porque segue padrões recorrentes de vegetação, clima, relevo e perturbações.
Por que aqui
Condições de boreal forests/taiga
A região fica no reino Palearctic e é classificada como boreal forests/taiga. Altitude, umidade, fogo, solos, costas e o uso humano da terra podem tornar a paisagem real mais variada do que uma única cor no mapa sugere.
Pressão de mudança
Nature Could Reach Half Protected
O Plotwright mostra isto como a pegada RESOLVE atual. Ao longo de décadas a séculos, o aquecimento, as perturbações, as espécies invasoras, o uso da terra e a restauração podem mover a borda viva de uma região mesmo quando o mapa de referência permanece fixo.
Coleções de plantio
Receitas de plantio prontas em que cada membro aguenta a faixa climática desta região. O selo de encaixe usa a planta mais sensível da coleção, então uma coleção resiliente é um ponto de partida mais seguro do que qualquer destaque isolado.
Resiliente ao clima · 2 plantas
Bright shade foundation
A part-shade planting with shrub structure and low foliage contrast.
Resiliente ao clima · 8 plantas
Climate-resilient natives for warming zones (eastern NA)
A pollinator-supporting palette of eastern North American natives with broad hardiness ranges and wide native distributions. Built for gardeners who want a planting that can handle warming zones without giving up wildlife value.
Resiliente ao clima · 6 plantas
Mediterranean drought-tolerant edible
A low-water edible palette of culinary herbs + a hardy grape for hot dry sunny sites. Mediterranean-origin plants thrive on neglect; their primary failure mode is overwatering, not underwatering.
Resiliente ao clima · 9 plantas
Native pollinator border (eastern US)
A continuous-bloom native pollinator strip for eastern North America. Covers spring through frost with host + nectar plants spanning monarchs, native bees, hummingbirds, and specialist Lepidoptera. Little bluestem provides the matrix grass + Hesperiidae host.
Resiliente ao clima · 4 plantas
Sunny pollinator border
A durable sunny border with summer bloom, seedheads, and upright winter texture.
Regiões de plantio semelhantes
Explore outras regiões com um ritmo semelhante de verões quentes e secos. Suas listas de plantas podem sugerir espécies e combinações que valem a pena comparar.
RESOLVE 710 - Palearctic
East Siberian taiga
The East Siberian taiga is one of the largest unbroken tracts of boreal forest on Earth, sprawling across the heart of central and eastern Siberia in Russia from the Yenisei River westward to the Verkhoyansk, Kolyma, and Dzhugdzhur mountain ranges in the east. It is overwhelmingly a forest of larch, with Siberian larch in the west and south and Dahurian larch to the north and east, mixed in places with dark conifers such as Siberian spruce, Siberian pine, Siberian fir, and Scots pine, alongside broadleaf birches and aspen. The climate is harshly continental and subarctic, with cold mean annual temperatures and most of the ecoregion underlain by permanent permafrost that shapes its drainage and rooting conditions. This vast wilderness supports globally important populations of brown bear, grey wolf, wolverine, sable, and reindeer, and its flagship species is the Siberian musk deer. The forest understory carries low-growing acid-loving plants including marsh Labrador tea, bilberry, and cranberry, evergreen shrubs of the heath family that hint at the sour, frozen ground these northern boreal genera tolerate.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 3a-6b
+8.2°F by 2070
1,510,508 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 711 - Palearctic
Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra
This ecoregion spans the entire island of Iceland in the North Atlantic, lying just south of the Arctic Circle on volcanic terrain with basaltic soils. Much of it is tundra and sparsely vegetated arctic desert, with vegetation concentrated in the coastal lowlands and interwoven with woodlands of white (downy) birch, Betula pubescens, much of it shrub-like and under two meters tall; rowan and tea-leaved willow are the other characteristic native woody plants, and forest now covers only about one percent of its original extent after centuries of timber cutting and sheep grazing. Most of the region has a tundra climate, with no month averaging above 10 degrees Celsius, though the Gulf Stream keeps conditions milder than the latitude would suggest. It is renowned for birdlife, with over three hundred species recorded, many of them migrants, and the pink-footed goose serves as its flagship species, while the Arctic fox is the only land mammal native to the island. For cold-climate gardeners, its hardy native genera, including birch (Betula), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), and willow (Salix phylicifolia), are familiar ornamental and amenity plants.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 8b-10b
+5.2°F by 2070
35,314 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 712 - Palearctic
Kamchatka taiga
The Kamchatka taiga forms a conifer "island" within the central valley of the Kamchatka Peninsula in far-eastern Russia, set along the Kamchatka River between the Sredinny Mountains to the west and the Eastern Ranges to the east. It is the easternmost outpost of Siberian-style taiga, where comparatively continental conditions in the sheltered Central Kamchatka Depression allow stands of Dahurian larch (Larix cajanderi), Yeddo spruce (Picea jezoensis), and Asian white birch (Betula platyphylla) to grow, giving way to Erman's birch at higher elevations. The climate is humid continental with cool summers, and the wider peninsula carries some of the heaviest cloud cover on Earth. The region is renowned for its Kamchatka brown bears, the largest in Eurasia, which feast on the salmon that crowd the rivers each year; the sockeye salmon is its flagship species.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 5a-7a
+7.5°F by 2070
5,876 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 713 - Palearctic
Kamchatka-Kurile meadows and sparse forests
This Palearctic ecoregion occupies the Russian Far East, covering the coastal zones of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the northern Kuril Islands, and the Commander Islands. Despite sitting in the boreal forests/taiga biome, it is defined less by dense conifer stands than by open, parkland-like country: sparse "stone birch" forests of Betula ermanii, dwarf thickets of Siberian dwarf pine and Siberian alder, expanses of moss-and-lichen tundra, and famously tall-herb meadows where giant meadowsweet (Filipendula camtschatica), Angelica ursina, and Parasenecio hastatus can top three meters. The climate is cool and oceanic, with mild brief summers, cold snowy winters, and abundant Pacific moisture that falls fairly evenly through the year. The region supports an exceptionally large brown bear population sustained by salmon-rich streams, vast seabird colonies, and breeding fur seals, with the Steller's sea eagle as its flagship bird. For gardeners in cool, damp climates, its native tall-herb flora includes ornamental moisture-lovers such as Filipendula meadowsweet.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 6a-10a
+6.1°F by 2070
56,554 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 714 - Palearctic
Northeast Siberian taiga
The Northeast Siberian taiga stretches across northeastern Russia between the Lena and Kolyma rivers, a vast Palearctic boreal landscape framed by the Verkhoyansk and Chersky ranges and underlain throughout by permafrost. Its sparse forests are dominated by Dahurian larch, accompanied by dwarf Siberian pine and silver birch, with seasonal thaw depressions called Alasy supporting meadow vegetation. The climate is extreme subarctic, with long, brutally cold winters and short warm summers; this is among the coldest inhabited regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with recorded lows reaching about minus 68 degrees Celsius. Thanks to its remoteness and difficult access, it remains one of the largest tracts of virgin boreal forest on Earth, home to flagship species such as the Amur lemming and the critically endangered Siberian crane, though only a small fraction is protected and climate change and logging pose growing threats. Gardeners in cold climates may recognize silver birch (Betula) among its native flora, valued as a hardy ornamental.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 3b-7b
+9.4°F by 2070
435,133 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 716 - Palearctic
Sakhalin Island taiga
The Sakhalin Island taiga covers most of Sakhalin, a long, narrow island in the Russian far east that separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the Sea of Japan. Its forest cover shifts with latitude, grading from light larch (Larix) taiga in the north, through dark spruce (Picea) forest in the middle, to fir (Abies) forest dominated by the Sakhalin fir in the south, with birch, alder, and willow in the lowlands. A maritime influence keeps the region somewhat milder than the continental Siberian taiga to the west, though winters are long and freezing and summers short and humid. The island is home to brown bears and is the stronghold of the Sakhalin taimen, a critically endangered salmonid that serves as the ecoregion's flagship species, while extensive oil and gas development poses a growing threat to its flora and fauna. Gardeners may recognize Sakhalin as the native home of dramatic giant meadow herbs, including the towering Cardiocrinum glehnii lily and giant knotweed, which can reach several meters tall.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
Zones 6a-8b
+10.4°F by 2070
26,534 sq mi
NNH tier 2
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RESOLVE 2017 Terrestrial Ecoregions (Dinerstein et al.)
Estrutura principal de ecorregiões
Backs 4 fields
ID do RESOLVE
Bioma + reino
Área
Nível NNH