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Temperate Rainforest

Temperate Rainforest. By Brooke Jones. Physical features. Mountains Hills Rivers Streams Lakes Waterfalls. Climate. Rains a lot Cool temperatures most of the year. Long wet winter and spring Dry, foggy summer. Location. Temperate rain forests are located on;

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Temperate Rainforest

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  1. Temperate Rainforest By Brooke Jones

  2. Physical features • Mountains • Hills • Rivers • Streams • Lakes • Waterfalls

  3. Climate • Rains a lot • Cool temperatures most of the year. • Long wet winter and spring • Dry, foggy summer

  4. Location • Temperate rain forests are located on; • The west coast of north America • The south east coast of south America • The north coast of new Zealand • The north east coast of Tasmania

  5. physical characteristics • High humidity • A lot of water • Cool temperatures • 5-6 feet of rain per year. • Rich soil

  6. Trees: Sitka spruce Douglas fir Western hemlock Western redceadar Big leaf maple Vine maple Red alder Bushes; Salmonberry Huckleberry Other: Mosses Lichens Flowers Red columbine Pacific bleeding heart Queen’s cup Bunchberry Major plant life

  7. Examples of animals • Slugs • Bears • Wolfs • Cougars • Lynx • Small mammals • Deer • Elk • Birds • Salmon • Raccoons • insects

  8. Other information • Most animals live on the forest floor • 3 layer of forest ; ground, under story, and canopy. • No natural poisonous snakes • Faster recovery from destruction than a regular rain forest.

  9. Bibliography • http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/temprain.htm temperate rainforests • http://www.nps.gov/olym/naturescience/temperate-rain-forests.htm Olympic national park • http://www.groundtruthtrekking.org/Issues/Forestry/TemperateRainforests.html#refs temperate rainforests of the northern pacific coast • http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/jason/xv/docs/TempRain.pdf nasa.gov

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