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;• 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

physical characteristics

• High humidity • A lot of water• Cool temperatures • 5-6 feet of rain per

year. • Rich soil

Major plant life

• 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

Examples of animals

• Slugs • Bears • Wolfs• Cougars• Lynx • Small mammals • Deer• Elk• Birds • Salmon• Raccoons • insects

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.

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