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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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)

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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