The Canadian Wilderness

Flowers

• Canadian holly
• Bog Willow
• Cacti of Canada
• Christmas Fern
• Bloodroot

The Canadian holly is a flower that grows in the winter with sharp, small, and white leaves. They thrive in wet dirt, and are found in six different forests in Canada. Many animals also depend on this plant to survive the winter. A Bog Willow is a plant that has an environment of a wet , rich , bogs , swamps ,and fens . It feeds bees and butterflies , this plant can grow up to 150 centimeters . The leaves on this plant can grow from two to five centimeters long and two centimeters wide . The Cacti of Canada is a winter flower. It has a fruit called an opuntia. The cactus fruit makes a great snack before playing a sport because it gives you energy. This fruit is also used as a soup thickener. This flower is yellow with a hint of red.

The Canadian Bloodroot is latin for red blood. It is also a water lily that grows in the spring. The months it shows up are May and April. In the winter, the snow comes but the bloodroots all die from the cold air. When bloodroots are still alive, they need hot air or warm air. They cant have cold air because they die from cold.
The Christmas fern is a plant that is in the Canadian wilderness.
The plant reaches up to 10 to 60cm.
It also has leaves that are really long. The plant is naturally found in Ontario.

Animals:

• Moose
• Snapping turtle
• Polar Bear
• Snowshoe hare
• Bull horn sheep

Firstly, the moose is built like a warrior. They have long legs, and "Divided hooves" that are 18 centimeters long. They have a lot of muscles near the shoulders, which leads to a humped shape. The tail is very coarse, and the moose has a heavy head, along with flexible lips, and an antler span of 120 inches. About 1 million live in Canada, feasting on plants, but as tough as they are, they're helpless and weak at birth.

A vicious 20-36 inch turtle with algae covering its shell and tail. This turtle thrives in Southeastern Canadian territory. They prefer shallow lakes because they can cover themselves in mud to hide from predators, but can poke their nose out for breaths. The turtle is is also not a picky eater. It eats water plants, fish, frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, insects, snails, small mammals, baby ducks, goslings, snails, leeches, worms, and dead animals.

Canada's most popular animal! A Polar Bear, an 800 pound land meat-eater. It lives in Northwestern Canada, on arctic islands, near sea ice, so they can hunt Ringed Seal, but the heat is melting the ice, making it harder for the Polar Bear to eat enough seals to survive. The bull horn sheep is very popular in Canada , it lives in the rocky and very complicated land form area , it has very big horns which they use for protecting itself , fighting , and sometimes even lifting things. The horns on this sheep can weigh up to 30 pounds , that's even heavier than the bones in it's body as well . Staying away from the Bull Horn Sheep is 100% the right thing to do .

The common Snowshoe hare has very furry back feet. It lets it move through snow easily. The ears are shorter than regular bunnies ears, making it easier to regulate the body temperature. In summer, they turn brown, and in winter, they turn white. They also eat a variety of plants, and are born with full fur and their eyes are open.

Climate (Temperature) in Banff:

December- Max: -4 degrees C/Min: -13 degrees C
April- Max: 9 degrees C/ Min: -2 degrees C
July- Max: 22 degrees C/ Min: 7 degrees C
October- Max: 10 degrees C/ Min: 0 degrees C

Climate (Precipitation) in Banff

December- Rain: 3 mm/ Snow: 44 cm
April- Rain: 11 mm/ Snow: 26 cm
July- Rain: 51 mm/ Snow: 0 cm
October- Rain: 15 mm/ Snow: 19cm

Canada's Water

• Rich in freshwater.
• Canadian rivers provide 9% of the world's renewable water supply
• Lakes and rivers are home to many species of birds, fish, amphibians, and insects

Dangers:
Snakes: Massasauga Rattle Snake and Prairie Rattle Snake are venomous, but rarely attack. There have only been 3 deaths because of snakes in Canada in the past few decades.
Bears: There are 380,000 Blackbears, 26,000 Grizzlys, and 15,000 Polar Bears in Canada, but attacks are rare aswell. There have been 63 deaths in all of North America from 1990-2009 from bears.
Spiders: The Black Widow is the only spider that may cause harm out of the many venomous species in Canada. Its bite causes nausea, sweating, dizziness, swelling, headaches, muscle pain, heart murmurs, and tremors. If untreated, death can occur.

Wolves: There are many species of wolves such as the eastern and arctic wolves. Deaths that occur from them are rare. The most recent one was in 2005 when a 22-year old was found dead. It was either from wolves, or a Blackbear.

Moose: This creature is usually shy, and only attacks when grumpy. Most deaths from moose is when a car crashes into one.

Canadian Berries

• Buffaloberries
• Bilberries
• Chokecherries
• Elderberries

Facts about the chokecherry

• The fruit is red and black
• The fruit makes tasty jelly.
• They grow in clusters

Facts about the bilberry

• 18 species of this type of berry (they all belong in the sam family)
• The colors are black, red, blue
• They are related to huckleberries and blueberries

Facts about the Buffaloberry

• The fruit is a reddish-orange color
• Got their name because natives used them to flavor buffalos
• The berries are bitter

Facts about the Elderberry A.K.A - Sambucas

• The fruit is a dark blue color
• They can grow up to 10 feet high
• Might become a medicine in the future
• Used in drinks , ice cream , jams , muffins , and pies

Sites

• Cwf.org
• thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
• cbc.ca
• trailcanada.com

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