Prevailing forest types directly reflect the climatic zones that created them.

Evidence

The results create typical weather patterns throughout the year over vast areas, which we call climatic zones and where the types of forests and woods that prevail reflect the climates that have created them. … Notice how these two maps tie in together in a general way and also are reflected in the vegetation types shown in the third map. — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods, 96

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘climatic zones’ and states the climate-to-vegetation relationship essential for interpreting any Minnesota stand.
• XREF: Supports the research paper by giving the climate-vegetation correlation to test against field observations. — connects to: Climate, animals, fire, and people all shape which plants grow where — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods: Seeing More in…, 70; Plant communities define distinct climatic life zones across latituderable and elevation gradients. — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods: Seeing More in…, 102; Mosses generate the humidity that sustains the entire rain forest food web — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 582

Broader Connections

• Plant communities define distinct climatic life zones across latituderable and elevation gradients. #corroborates (0.85) — Vinson Brown, Reading the Woods, 102
• Mosses generate the humidity that sustains the entire rain forest food web #complicates (0.80) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 582