TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST

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TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST

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The forest region

• Deciduous forests can be found in the eastern
  half of North America, and the middle of Europe.
  There are many deciduous forests in Asia. Some of
  the major areas that they are in are southwest
  Russia, Japan, and eastern China. South America
  has two big areas of deciduous forests in
  southern Chile and Middle East coast of Paraguay.
  There are deciduous forests located in New
  Zealand, and southeastern Australia also

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Climate

• The average temperature of the forest is about 50
  degrees F. The average amount of rainfall in the
  forest is 30 to 60 inches a year. As the seasons
  change, so do the colors of the leaves of the
  deciduous. During the winter months water is
  generally not available to keep the leaves of
  some plants alive. Therefore, the leaves of some
  plants fall off and grow back in the spring.
  Those plants, like evergreens, keep their leaves
  during the winter have special adaptations to
  stay alive. You can learn more about the
  vegetation of deciduous biomes.

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LIVING THINGS

• Precipitation in the temperate deciduous forest
  is spread throughout the year. However, during
  the winter months it is usually frozen and
  unavailable to animals. Animals living within
  this biome must adjust to cold winters and hot
  summers. Leaves generally fall off in the fall,
  leaving animals with less cover to hide
  themselves from predators. Also in the deciduous
  forests are such animals as

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The animals

• the survival of smaller, and cold blooded animals
  such as garter snakes, turtles, and a few
  amphibians.  Again, several of the temperate
  forests' species hibernate, and/or burrow in the
  ground to pass the winter months.

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Getting in the zones

• In deciduous forests there are five different
  zones. The first zone is the Tree Stratum zone.
  The Tree Stratum zone contains such trees as oak,
  beech, maple, chestnut hickory, elm, basswood,
  linden, walnut, and sweet gum trees. This zone
  has height ranges between 60 feet and 100 feet.
• The small tree and sapling zone is the second
  zone. This zone has young, and short trees. The
  third zone is called the shrub zone. Some of the
  shrubs in this zone are rhododendrons, azaleas,
  mountain laurel, and huckleberries. The Herb zone
  is the fourth zone. It contains short plants such
  as herbal plants. The final zone is the Ground
  zone. It contains lichen, club mosses, and true
  mosses.