COLORADO Life zones

1. COLORADO Life zones Plains life zone http://www.varoper.com/images/photography/colorado_plains.jpg

2. Alpine Life Zone In the Alpine Life Zone it is 11,500 above feet in. There are no cities or people living here. The Timberline line is an imaginary line. This is sometimes called the alpine tundra because they get there water by the melting snow. Animals There are many animals in the Alpine Life Zone. They are Ptarmigan, mountain sheep, Pika, Marmot, Snowshoe rabbit and mountain goat. Plants These are the plants that are in the Alpine Life Zone. These are the flowers Forget-Me-Nots, Fairy Primrose, Bistort, Deer Clover, Queen’s Crown, Sky Pilot, and Arctic Gentian.

3. Subalpine Life Zones In the Subalpine Life Zone is a little warmer then Alpine Life Zone. Snow comes and stays very late. The growing season is a little bit longer then the Alpine Life Zone. Animals Animals here are very different to Alpine Life zone . They are bears, cougars, chipmunks, squirrels, wood chucks, weasels, elk, deer, mountain lions, and snowshoe rabbits, Plants In Subalpine Life Zone we have many many trees here. They are Bristle –Cone pine, Englemann Spruce, Balsam Fir, Limber Pine, and Alpine fir. Some flowers here are root-crowns, glacier lily, fringed gentian, and mountain marsh marigold.

4. Montane Life Zone Here the temperature is a lot warmer because it is the middle zone of Colorado. Here it is eight degrees warmer then the Alpine and Subalpine Life Zones. Animals In Mountain Life Zone the animals are a little similar to Subalpine Life Zones. They’re elk, beaver, chipmunks, squirrels, bear, mule deer, and mountain lions. The birds that are live here are Mountain Jays, Stellar Jays, Peewees, Sapsuckers, Thrushes, and Warblers. Plants These are the trees that grow here Aspen, Lodge Pine, Willows, Water Birch Douglas Fir, and Blue Spruce.

5. Foothills Life Zone The Foothills Life Zone can be on both eastern and western of Colorado. There are many different rock formations in the Foothills. There are is lots of rain that comes here. It is less than the mountains but more than the plains. Animals There aren't as many animals and birds here but they are very amazing ones the animals are deer, rabbits, bobcats, mountain lions, sage grouse, hummingbirds, jays, woodpeckers, magpies, wrens, chickadees, and blue birds. Plants There are many many trees here, they’re yellow pine, scrub oak, cotton wood, mountain maple, Douglas Fir, alpine birch, blue spruce, greasewood, aspen, ponderosa pine, gambel oak and mountain mahogany. There aren't as many flowers here but they are pretty. There names are larkspur, grizzly bear cactus, yellow evening primrose, Indian paintbrush, Lambert’s Loco and aster.

6. Plains Life Zones In the Plains Life Zone it is clayish and sandy. It is also flat and dry here. The plains is on the eastern side of the state. Very few rain showers fall here. The western side they only have low valleys. Animals WOW! There is only one poisonous reptile that is in Colorado. Go on, read and see! Lizards, snakes, rattle snakes, antelope, Jackrabbits, Coyotes, Prairie dogs, occasionally buffalo, Canadian geese, ducks, hawks, owls, meadowlarks, killdeers, blackbirds and pheasants. Rattle snakes are the only poisonous reptile in Colorado. Plants These are the trees and plants, they’re names are cottonwood

7. Alpines life zone http://www.wallpaperweb.org/wallpaper/nature/1600x1200/Alpine_Meadow_Near_Crested_Butte_Colorado.jpg http://www.alaska-in-pictures.com/snowshoe-hare-portrait-6139-pictures.htm Subalpine life zone http://shelledy.mesa.k12.co.us/staff/computerlab/images/CO_Seasons_Subalpine_Summer.JPG Mountain life zone http://www.outdoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/coloradosummer.jpg Colorado foothills life zone http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/foothills-of-colorado-marilyn-hunt.jpg Colorado plains life zone http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O-sN592hEHE/SBrr4CaI8yI/AAAAAAAAAGA/dZ4rKECkTlA/s1600/Morning+On+the+Colorado+Plains.Jpg Image Locations