Qilian Mountains conifer forests

Qilian Mountains conifer forests

Qilian Mountains conifer forests
The Qilian Mountains conifer forests are a series of isolated forest patches on the northern slopes of the Qilian Mountain Range, along the northeast edge of the Tibetan Plateau in the Qinghai and Gansu provinces of north-central China. These thin ridges of woodland sit between the Gobi Desert to the north and the dry, high plateau to the south, dominated by Qinghai (Qilian) spruce, most abundant between roughly 2,450 and 3,200 meters, and Przewalski's juniper growing through a dense shrub layer at higher elevations. Because of its high elevation and mid-continental position, the region has a subarctic, dry-winter climate, with January temperatures around minus 18 to minus 7 degrees Celsius and short, mild summers, while precipitation increases upslope from the desert basins. The forests support a notable suite of large carnivores, including snow leopard, Eurasian lynx, gray wolf, and brown bear, with the endemic Chinese mountain cat serving as the ecoregion's flagship species, and much of the area falls within the Qilianshan National Nature Reserve. For gardeners drawn to montane conifers, this is part of the native range of Przewalski's juniper, a hardy evergreen of these cold, exposed slopes.
RESOLVE 705
Palearctic
6,430 sq mi
Temperate Conifer Forests
Type de paysage
Temperate Conifer Forests
Région végétale
Palearctic
Empreinte de la région
6,430 sq mi
Pression sur l'habitat
Nature Could Recover (Dinerstein NNH 3)
Utilisez ceci comme schéma général de plantation pour la région : Temperate forests dominated by evergreen conifers, from coastal rainforests to montane pine and fir stands. Adapted to cool, moist or seasonally dry climates, they include some of the tallest and longest-lived trees on the planet. Pour vos décisions de jardin, associez ce contexte à la liste de plantes ci-dessous, puis affinez selon les contraintes de lumière, d'eau, de sol et de taille adulte de votre site.

Range & origins

Emplacement de Qilian Mountains conifer forests sur la carte du monde
Repère placé à l’intérieur du polygone RESOLVE 2017 à 34.6°N, 103.1°E.
La région à travers le temps
Empreinte moderne
RESOLVE 2017 cartographie 6,430 sq mi
Cette limite est une empreinte écologique moderne pour Qilian Mountains conifer forests, et non une ligne permanente sur la planète. Elle est utile pour le contexte actuel des plantes et de la faune car elle suit des schémas récurrents de végétation, de climat, de relief et de perturbations.
Pourquoi ici
Conditions de temperate conifer forests
La région se situe dans le règne Palearctic et est classée comme temperate conifer forests. L'altitude, l'humidité, le feu, les sols, les côtes et l'utilisation humaine des terres peuvent tous rendre le paysage réel plus varié qu'une seule couleur de carte ne le laisse penser.
Pression du changement
Nature Could Recover
Plotwright affiche ceci comme l'empreinte RESOLVE actuelle. Au fil des décennies ou des siècles, le réchauffement, les perturbations, les espèces envahissantes, l'utilisation des terres et la restauration peuvent déplacer la bordure vivante d'une région même lorsque la carte de référence reste fixe.

Collections de plantation

Des recettes de plantation finalisées où chaque membre peut supporter la plage climatique de cette région. Le badge d'adaptation se base sur la plante la plus sensible de la collection, si bien qu'une collection résiliente est un point de départ plus sûr que n'importe quelle vedette isolée.
Résiliente au climat · 2 plantes
Bright shade foundation
A part-shade planting with shrub structure and low foliage contrast.
Annabelle hydrangea
Coral bells
+4
Résiliente au climat · 8 plantes
Climate-resilient natives for warming zones (eastern NA)
A pollinator-supporting palette of eastern North American natives with broad hardiness ranges and wide native distributions. Built for gardeners who want a planting that can handle warming zones without giving up wildlife value.
Switchgrass
Little bluestem
Common milkweed
Black-eyed Susan
Wild bergamot
Sweet Joe-Pye weed
Cutleaf coneflower
New England aster
+2
Résiliente au climat · 6 plantes
Mediterranean drought-tolerant edible
A low-water edible palette of culinary herbs + a hardy grape for hot dry sunny sites. Mediterranean-origin plants thrive on neglect; their primary failure mode is overwatering, not underwatering.
English lavender
Rosemary
Garden sage
Oregano
Common thyme
Fox grape
+5
Résiliente au climat · 9 plantes
Native pollinator border (eastern US)
A continuous-bloom native pollinator strip for eastern North America. Covers spring through frost with host + nectar plants spanning monarchs, native bees, hummingbirds, and specialist Lepidoptera. Little bluestem provides the matrix grass + Hesperiidae host.
Butterfly weed
Common milkweed
Purple coneflower
Wild bergamot
Scarlet bee balm
Little bluestem
Sweet Joe-Pye weed
Swamp sunflower
Smooth blue aster
Résiliente au climat · 4 plantes
Sunny pollinator border
A durable sunny border with summer bloom, seedheads, and upright winter texture.
English lavender
Purple coneflower
Black-eyed Susan
Switchgrass

Régions de plantation similaires

Parcourez d'autres régions au rythme similaire d'étés chauds et secs. Leurs listes de plantes peuvent suggérer des espèces et des combinaisons à comparer.
RESOLVE 689 - Palearctic
Alps conifer and mixed forests
The Alps conifer and mixed forests ecoregion follows the Alps mountain range across central Europe, spanning France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Slovenia. Its montane forests are a mix of conifers and broadleaves, with Norway spruce, silver fir, European larch, and mountain pine alongside European beech, and prostrate pine in the outer ranges. The region sits at the transition between the Mediterranean climates of southern Europe and the more humid, temperate Euro-Siberian zone, so its western reaches feel mild Atlantic air while the central area is continental. It is one of the richest places in Europe for plants, holding roughly 4,500 native vascular plant species including about 400 endemics, and the recovered Alpine ibex serves as its flagship species; around 27 percent of the ecoregion lies within protected areas such as Gran Paradiso and Vanoise national parks. For gardeners, several classic alpine ornamental genera are native here, including Campanula, Primula, Saxifraga, and Draba.
Temperate Conifer Forests
Zones 6b-10a
+4.8°F d’ici 2070
57,712 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 690 - Palearctic
Altai montane forest and forest steppe
The Altai montane forest and forest steppe stretches some 1,500 km along the Altai Mountains across the border region where Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China meet, running from the Belukha Range in the northwest to the Gobi-Altai in the southeast. Its hallmark is a mosaic shaped by slope aspect: cooler, wetter north-facing slopes carry dense conifer forests of spruce and larch (including larch-cedar stands), while drier south-facing slopes give way to cold steppe and desert-steppe vegetation dominated by feather grass and Artemisia. The climate is cold and semi-arid, with cool summers and long, dry winters in which temperatures plunge well below freezing and precipitation stays low. Sitting at the crossroads of several ecoregions, altitudes, and climate zones, it harbors high biodiversity and supports a widely dispersed population of the globally threatened snow leopard, with protected areas including the Katun Nature Reserve. For gardeners, its hardy native flora includes ornamental grasses like the feather grass Stipa pennata and prairie junegrass (Koeleria).
Temperate Conifer Forests
Zones 4b-7b
+6.0°F d’ici 2070
55,018 sq mi
Niveau NNH 3
RESOLVE 691 - Palearctic
Caledon conifer forests
The Caledon Conifer Forests cover upland Scotland in the United Kingdom, spanning the Northwest Highlands, the Grampian Mountains, and the Cairngorms, and reaching their highest point at Ben Nevis. The defining vegetation is remnant ancient pine forest dominated by Scots pine, accompanied by downy and silver birch, rowan, juniper, and aspen, with heather, dwarf shrub heath, montane willow scrub, and alpine vegetation on higher ground. The climate is warm-temperate with a strong oceanic influence, colder and drier toward the east, and the oceanic conditions hold the natural tree line to only about 500 to 600 meters. Native woodland survives across just a small fraction of Scotland, and these pinewoods shelter the endemic Scottish crossbill and the flagship western capercaillie, along with red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, and golden eagles. For gardeners, the region is the native home of ornamentally useful hardy genera such as Scots pine, birch, rowan, and juniper.
Temperate Conifer Forests
Zones 9b-11a
+2.2°F d’ici 2070
8,494 sq mi
Niveau NNH 4
RESOLVE 692 - Palearctic
Carpathian montane forests
The Carpathian montane forests sweep across the great arc of the Carpathian Mountains, spanning Romania, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine, with the largest share lying in Romania. Oak-dominated foothills give way to a montane belt of European beech, silver fir, Norway spruce, and sycamore, while above the timberline mountain pine, dwarf juniper, and green alder form dense thickets that grade into alpine meadows. The climate is temperate and continental, producing moderately cool, humid conditions that vary sharply with elevation. This range is a continental stronghold for large carnivores, holding some of Europe's most viable populations of brown bear, grey wolf, and Eurasian lynx, and it shelters more than a third of all European plant species along with endemics such as the Carpathian newt and Tatra pine vole. For gardeners, the region is also home to native ornamentals including heart-leaf comfrey and alpine saxifrages.
Temperate Conifer Forests
Zones 9a-9b
+5.7°F d’ici 2070
48,257 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 693 - Palearctic
Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests
The Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests span the Greater Khingan range of northeast China, across the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Heilongjiang Province, extending north across the Amur River into Russia's Amur Oblast. Dahurian larch is the dominant conifer, occupying more than half of the total forest area, joined by pine and spruce, while lower elevations and disturbed sites carry Mongolian oak, birch, poplar, hazel, alder, and elm. The setting is severely continental and subarctic, with short mild summers, a frost-free growing season of only about three months, permafrost in the coldest reaches, and winter temperatures that can fall to around -50 degrees Celsius. The forests are noted for their transitional "Daurian flora," blending Siberian taiga with Manchurian elements across roughly 1,200 vascular plant species, and shelter wildlife such as Siberian musk deer, sable, wolverine, and Amur moose; the cold-adapted Siberian salamander is the flagship species. Conservation here is shaped by fire history, including the catastrophic 1987 blaze that burned over a million hectares, and by protected reserves such as Nora and Zeya.
Temperate Conifer Forests
Zones 4b-6a
+6.8°F d’ici 2070
95,907 sq mi
Niveau NNH 3
RESOLVE 694 - Palearctic
East Afghan montane conifer forests
The East Afghan montane conifer forests form a chain of disjunct woodlands along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, reaching from the eastern Hindu Kush through Nuristan and Paktia provinces south to the mountains above Quetta, across roughly 20,128 square kilometers at elevations from about 2,000 to 3,400 meters. Vegetation shifts with altitude: drier lower slopes carry chilgoza pine (Pinus gerardiana) and holm oak, denser mid-elevation stands include Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara), Morinda spruce (Picea smithiana), and Bhutan pine (Pinus wallichiana), while juniper woodland dominates the highest, driest reaches above about 3,100 meters. The climate is cold and semi-arid with large seasonal temperature swings and modest annual precipitation. These forests shelter the near-threatened markhor (Pakistan's national animal) as well as snow leopards, and notably hold the Ziarat juniper stand, described as the second-largest of its kind in the world with specimens over 1,500 years old; only about 9 percent of the ecoregion is officially protected, with illegal logging and overgrazing the chief threats. For gardeners, several conifers native here, including deodar cedar and Bhutan pine, are widely grown as ornamentals.
Temperate Conifer Forests
Zones 6b-11b
+5.8°F d’ici 2070
7,756 sq mi
Niveau NNH 4

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