Vegetation and Animals
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The Humid continental holds a variety of animals including bears, wolves, coyotes, deer, snakes, squirrels, bison, prairie dogs,and etc. Also, thousands of birds live in this climate region and many migrate.
The types of trees there are in a humid continental are a weeping willow, birch, cottonwood, ash, cherry, pitch pine, oak hickory, and maple. The wild flowers are jack in the pulpit, pussy willow, wild carrot, cattail, and chamomile.
The Humid continental has mixed forests. These forests are divided into two main parts: Coniferous forest and deciduous forest. Coniferous forest is when trees in the forest remain green all year and can be found in the north. Deciduous forest is when the trees lose their leaves during the year. Some areas of humid continental are covered in grassland, which is sometimes known as temperate grasslands.