The Shedding

Temperate ForestTemperate Deciduous Forest Period 5

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Eastern half of North America

Middle of Europe

Asia

Southwest Russia

Japan

Eastern China

Southern Chile

Middle East coast of Paraguay

New Zealand

Southeastern Australia

Map

5 zones in the Temperate Deciduous

Forest:

1. Tree Stratum Zone Trees: oak, beech, maple, chestnut hickory, elm,

basswood, linden, walnut, and sweet gum trees. Height ranges between 60 feet and 100 feet in this

zone

2. Small Tree and Sapling Zone Young and short trees

Landscape Features

3. Shrub Zone Shrubs: rhododendrons, azaleas, mountain

laurel, and huckleberries.4. Herb Zone Contains short plants such as herbal plants. 5. Ground Zone Contains lichen, club mosses, and true

mosses.

Landscape Features (cont.)

Average annual temperature: 50° F

The average yearly rainfall: 30 to 60 inches

Four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter Autumn: leaves change color Winter: trees lose their leaves

Animals adapt to the climate: Hibernating in the winter Living off the land in the other 3 seasons

Climate

Monthly Precipitatio

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Monthly Temperatures

“Come feel the warmth of the summer or the chill of

the winter!”

This biome includes four separate seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter)

During the winter, the trees loose their leaves and during autumn, the leaves change color.

The animals are best seen during spring, summer, and autumn, but during the winter the animals are less likely to be seen because of hibernation.

Seasonal Information

“A Temperate forest with four seasons! What a

variety!”

The forest sheds its leaves once a year, that is why it is called deciduous.

The timber makes it very economically important The soil is rich it nutrition and minerals Plants create a sugar based compound that helps

prevent then from freezing.

Unique

The useful lumber found in this biome has

lead to devastating alterations due to its extraction.

Industry has led to pollution of the air and water of this environment.

Invasive species due to human interaction

Environmental Issues

Invasive specie: fungal blight

Hiking in certain areas Experience the four different seasons Major cities, such as New York, are located in a

Temperate Deciduous Forest, making sightseeing and urban activities plentiful

Tourist Activities

Large variety of animals, ranging

from deer, bald eagles, mosquitos, American toad, and the eastern chipmunk.

Animal population changes due to migration with the seasons

Many different kinds of deciduous trees: ie. oak, evergreen, birch

Wildflowers, mushrooms, ferns, and moss

Plants and Animals

Trees lose their leaves due to seasonal climate

changes Animals, such as the American Black Bear,

hibernate seasonally

Adaptations

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7867568_environ

mental-problems-temperate-deciduous-forests.html

http://natureandculture.org/countries/tropical-deciduous-forests

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biotemperate.php

References