Forest Ecosystems

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Forest Ecosystems

• Chapter B1

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Forests
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Deciduous Forest

• Large, flat leaves that drop off in the Fall, new
  leaves grow in Spring.
• Leaves change color with the seasons.
• These trees grow in places that have warm, wet
  summers and cold winters.

Winter
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Tropical Rain Forest

• These trees grow in places that are hot
  and wet all year.
• Trees are very tall and the leaves are always
  green.
• The forest has three layers.

Canopy
Understory
Forest floor
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Coastal Forest

• Grows in places where there is lots of rain.
• Temperature is not too hot or too cold, just
  cool.
• Has three layers just like the rain forest
  canopy, understory, forest floor.

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Coniferous Forest

• Grows in places with very cold winters and cool
  summers.
• The leaves look like needles so they dont need
  very much water.
• Seeds grow in cones.
• Get less rain than all the other forests.

Seed cone