The plants and animals that do live in boreal ... boreal forests are important stores of carbon. Of the three forest types, boreal forests have the shortest growing season, about 130 days.

Montane forests are found in mountain areas, where the climate gets colder and wetter as you go higher. As you climb, the types of trees and plants change to thrive in the cooler conditions. These ...

Using that data, the scientists identified 36 unique types of forest — a much more nuanced view than the broad categories currently used for classification, the researchers report January 27 in ...