Where Woodlands Grow: A Global Tour

Woodlands span diverse biomes worldwide:

• Temperate Deciduous: Eastern North America (Appalachians), Western Europe (Atlantic oak/beech).
• Tropical: Southeast Asia (teak, dipterocarp), Amazon & Cerrado (Brazil), Central America.
• Mediterranean: Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, North Africa (evergreen oak, pine, carob).
• Boreal (Taiga): Scandinavia, Siberia, Canada, Alaska (spruce, fir, pine, larch).
• Afro-Tropical: Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia (acacia, baobab, mopane).

Local climate and soils dictate species composition.