Temperate Rainforest

Kelsey Grainger & Rhett Perkins

Characteristics• Big Temperate Coniferous

Trees• Canopy of trees shuts out at

least 70% of the sky

Climate• Gets over 12 feet of rain every

year• Average temperature is between

32 & 68 degrees Fahrenheit

Location• West Coast of United States &

Canada• Small areas in Chile, New Zealand, &

Australia

Plants• Epiphyte • Firewee

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• Coastal Redwood

More Plants• Western Skunk

Cabbage• Douglas fir

Animals•Red Panda

•Cougar

More Animals• Elk • Mountain Lions

• Varied Thrush

Food Web

Human Impact• Intensive commercial logging• Wild fires

Soil• Richer than tropical rainforest• Damp and dark

Vacation spot• Tasmania, AU– Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National

Park– Southwest National Park

Effects of Vacation spot• Cut down trees• Create pollution• Harm habitats

Adaptations & Competition

• Have to adapt to a lot of rain• Fight for shelter

Works Cited• http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/temprain.h

tm• http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/temperate-

rain-forest.htm• http://temperaterainforestelynam.weebly.com/pre

cipitation.html• http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/

pacific_temperate_rainforests.cfm• http://www.kenaipeninsula.org/kenai_guide/habita

ts.htm