•Geographical location: Baguio City occupies 49 square kilometers of hilly land on a plateau about 1,500 meters high in the southwestern portion of the Cordillera Central mountain range in northern Luzon.• Amount of Precipitation: The record for the heaviest volume of rainfall was in July 1927 measuring 4.77 meters. Baguio averages over 4500 mm of precipitation annually.•Climate The city is known for its mild climate. The temperature in the city is 8 degrees Celsius lower compared to the average temperature of the rest of the country. Baguio is very wet during the rainy season which is from June to October. However from November to May, Baguio becomes a tropical paradise.

FLORA AND FAUNA

Common name: PINE TREEScientific name: PINUS STROBUS

•They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae.

•Pines are evergreen, resinious tress growing 3–80 m tall.

•The bark of most pines is thick and scaly, but some species have thin, flaking bark.

•Pines are among the most commercially important of tree species, valued for their timber and wood pulp.

Common name: STRAWBERRYScientific name: FRAGARIA ANANASSA

•Cultivated worldwide for its aggregate accessory fruit, the strawberry.

•Strawberries can be frozen, made into preserves, as well as dried and used in such things as cereal bars.

•Strawberries are delicate, requiring gentle handling to prevent bruising.

•Strawberry is an aggregate accessory fruit. The fleshy part is derived not from the plant's ovaries but from the receptacle that holds the ovaries.

Common name: ROSESScientific name: ROSA

•Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoorsused for commercial perfumery and commercial cut flower crops.

•Many roses have been used in herbal and folk medicines.

•Roses are often portrayed by artists.

Common name: HORSEScientific name: EQUUS CABALLUS

•The horse's senses are generally superior to those of a human.

•They have a well-developed sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight instinct.

•Horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down.

•Horses and humans interact in a wide variety of sport competitions and non-competitive recreational pursuits, as well as in working activities.

Common name: WORMSScientific name: LUMBRICUS TERRESTIS

•Help to condition the soil.

•They break down dead plants and animals to return nutrients to the soil.

Common name: MAYA Scientific name: PASSER MONTANUS

The significance of this biome to me as a SHRIM student is that it helps our economy specially the tourism aspect which we are into.

SOURCES: http://www.pinoyphotography.org/forum/index.php?topic=26737.0 http://www.wausau.k12.wi.us/ribmtn/grade5/page9.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose