or snow damage. Beneath the deep shade of the boreal conifers, the forest floor is cold, dark, and damp. The ground cover varies from bare patches of partially decayed conifer needles and debris to a ...

In the Adirondacks, this species lives at all elevations wherever conifer swamps, lowland conifer, and mountain conifer forests offer suitable habitat ... temporarily after heavy falls of fluffy snow.

White-tailed deer seek out thermal cover — areas with dense coniferous forests — that provide shelter from wind and lower snow depths. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife ...

Whittell is characterized as a hanging valley that is predominantly a Jeffrey pine/mixed-conifer forest type with an approximately 120 ... with most precipitation falling during the winter in the form ...

Lots of animals inhabit this coniferous forest, including the Siberian flying ... that helps them to find food hidden beneath the snow. This is a wood lemming. It’s tiny and they only grow ...