0 the very large area of wet land in the far northern parts of the world that is covered with conifer trees:
Structure and composition of riparian boreal forest: new methods for analyzing edge influence.
This production is also destroying the boreal forest, one of the biggest carbon sinks on the planet.
However, in the boreal forest region thousands of large lakes exist and many are undeveloped.
Moreover, given the importance of large-scale natural disturbances (such as fires) to ecosystem function of the boreal forest, planning must occur over very large areas.
It grows commonly in dry habitats in the boreal forest, and may become dominant over large areas after fire or logging.
Depending on the locality, this may include forest-steppe, boreal forest, and montane forest.
For example, an old boreal forest may contain some large aspen trees, which may die and be replaced by smaller balsam fir or black spruce.
It has sandy soil, many farms, and is surrounded by the boreal forest.
