The Forest Biome

1. The Forest Biome By Mary, Joe, Gina, and Jay

2. Click to Learn More Climate Animals Plants Location Conservation Comparison

3. Comparing Two Biomes Deciduous Forest Rain Forest Rainfall 50-260 inches Temperatures average 68 ⁰ - 93 ⁰ Two seasons very similar but slightly more rain in one Near equator • Rainfall 30-60 inches • Temperatures average 30 ⁰ - 70 ⁰ • Four seasons Go Back

4. Location • North America, in western Europe, in China, Korea, Japan and Australia • Latitude from 23 ⁰ N to 38 ⁰ S Go Back

5. Climate and Weather • Average temperature around 50⁰F – summers average temp. 70⁰F, winter average 30⁰F • Average rainfall 30-60 inches a year • Four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall • Season Slideshow Go Back

6. Plants • Plant Adaptations: plants lean toward sun to get energy, leaves shed in cold • 5 zones: tall tree, small tree, shrub, herb, ground • Trees can grow to 100 feet • Many middle sized trees and shrubs • Small forest floor plants and lichen • Great Lobelia • Oak • Lichen Go Back

7. Lichen • 8% of vegetation • Fungi • Grows with a partner like algae Go Back

8. Oak Trees • 600 Species • Wood used for lumber • Bark used for medicine and dyes • Acorns are seeds – used for oil and food • Symbol of strength • White oak tallest – up to 100 feet tall Go Back

9. Great Lobelia • Forest floor flower • Perennial • Adaptations: • bright flowers attract pollinators like bumblebees and butterflies • Pollen is protein rich Go Back

10. Animals • Adaptations: hibernation, camouflage, trees as food and shelter • Mammals, amphibians, birds, insects • Black bear • Eastern Gray Squirrel • Box Elder Beetle Go Back

11. Black Bear • Cubs born in winter are helpless – usually 2 • Live 20 years • Shy, curious, intelligent • Omnivore – berries, roots, grass, insects • 250-350 lbs. • No predators Go Back

12. Eastern Gray Squirrel • Rodent • 9-12 inches • 14 – 16 ounces • Hoards food nuts and seeds -for later • Nest in fork of trees • Babies 2 times a year • Hawks, weasels, raccoons hunt squirrel Go Back

13. Box Elder Beetle • Box Elder Beetle is black and red • Half inch long • Found on box elder trees, maple trees and ash trees • Adaptations: • Tastes Bad • Dormant in winter Go Back

14. Conservation Biggest threat to deciduous forest Solutions to forest threats Cleaning Pollution Recycling Prevent over development Reduce emissions • Development • Agriculture • Logging • Acid Rain • Global Warming • Forest Fire Go Back

23. Energy Flow in a Deciduous Forest Third Consumers Second Consumers First Consumers Producers

24. Resources • http://temperatedeciduousforests.weebly.com/what-lives-in-a-temperate-deciduous-forest.html • http://www.treetures.com/Blanchdeciduous.html • http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm • http://thelifeintundra.blogspot.com/2011/02/biome-definition.html • http://frankwinters.wordpress.com/2007/01/09/lettuce-lichen-and-henry-david-thoreau/ • http://www.about-oak-trees.com/ • http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/trees/giant.asp • http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05522.html • http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/gb_lobeliax.htm • http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/game_bear.shtml • http://www.carolinanature.com/mammals/blackbear.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EasternGraySquirrel.jpg