Holarctic floristic region

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The Holarctic floristic region is a major biogeographical area encompassing the temperate and boreal plant life of much of North America, Europe, North Africa, and northern Asia.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biogeographical region ⓘ
floristic kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Holarctic Kingdom ⓘ
Holarctic realm ⓘ
biogeographicRealmOverlap Nearctic realm ⓘ
linked to: Nearctic

Palearctic realm ⓘ
boundedBy Arctic region to the north ⓘ
tropical floristic regions to the south ⓘ
characterizedBy boreal plant life ⓘ
temperate plant life ⓘ
climateZones boreal zone ⓘ
temperate zone ⓘ
containsBiome Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub ⓘ
boreal forests ⓘ
steppe grasslands ⓘ
temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ⓘ
temperate coniferous forests ⓘ
distinguishedBy shared genera and families across Eurasia and North America ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Gondwanan-derived floristic regions ⓘ
dominantTreeGroup angiosperm trees ⓘ
coniferous trees ⓘ
floristicAffinity largely distinct from Neotropical floristic region ⓘ
shares some taxa with Arctic floristic region ⓘ
hasBiogeographicSignificance important for understanding plant dispersal between Eurasia and North America ⓘ
hasHistoricalConcept developed in 19th and 20th century plant geography ⓘ
hasLatitudinalRange primarily mid to high northern latitudes ⓘ
includesFloraOf Europe ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
North America ⓘ
northern Asia ⓘ
includesVegetationType Mediterranean shrubland ⓘ
taiga ⓘ
temperate deciduous forest ⓘ
temperate evergreen forest ⓘ
temperate grassland ⓘ
influencedBy Pleistocene glaciations ⓘ
majorCenterOf boreal forest diversity ⓘ
temperate forest diversity ⓘ
partOf Earth ⓘ
sharesFloralElementsWith mountain floras of subtropical regions ⓘ
subdividedInto Nearctic floristic region ⓘ
linked to: Nearctic ecozone

Palearctic floristic region ⓘ
linked to: Palearctic realm
usedIn biogeography ⓘ
phytogeography ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian floristic region → distinguishedFrom → Holarctic floristic region ⓘ
Nearctic ecozone → isPartOf → Holarctic realm ⓘ
linked to: Holarctic floristic region
Manica → geographicDistribution → Holarctic region ⓘ
linked to: Holarctic floristic region
Austral Kingdom → contrastedWith → Northern Hemisphere floristic kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Holarctic floristic region
Holarctic floristic region → alsoKnownAs → Holarctic realm ⓘ
linked to: Holarctic floristic region
Nearctic → zoogeographicKingdom → Holarctic ⓘ
linked to: Holarctic floristic region
Irano-Turanian region → partOf → Holarctic floristic kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Holarctic floristic region
Flora of China → isPartOf → Palearctic floristic kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: flora of China
linked to: Holarctic floristic region