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Temperate Rainforest
Ned Turner and Sebastian Anderson
Distribution
• Very few around the world, and only exist in certain regions around
the oceanic moist climates.
• Some areas, however, such as the Rocky Mountains of British
Columbia , northern Idaho and northwestern Montana, the Rocky
Mountain Trench in BC and Montana, and the Russian Far East in Asia
have more continental climates but get enough precipitation in both
rain and snow to harbor significant pockets of temperate rainforest.
Vegetation
• There are many different types of plants that live in the temperate
rainforest biome. A few examples are the coastal redwood, fireweed,
and western skunk cabbage.
Coastal Redwoods are very tall and have shallow root systems. They
have a lot of mosses and lichens turn into epiphytes.
• Big coniferous trees dominate the landscape
• The forest floor is covered with moss, the common denominator puts
minimal water stress on plants without roots.
Animals
• There is a large diversity of animals in the temperate rainforest such
as mountain lions , Roosevelt elks, varied thrush and pacific tree frog.
• The main predator, the mountain lion are the main predators as they
eat deer, elk, porcupines, and other prey. Mountain lions usually hunt
at night or during dusk or dawn
• Roosevelt elks are also a common sight as they are the largest variety
of elk in North America. Both males and females have a dark brown
head and a light brown body. The males and females can be told
apart by their size, males are larger, males have antlers and females
don't.
Soil Fertility
• On the forest floor of temperate rainforests the soil is dark and
damp. This soil is richer than the soil of tropical rainforests partly
because the trees in tropical rainforests spread their roots into large
mats that suck all of the nutrients out of the soil.
• This soil is good for growing thick fat trees which can live up to 500
years in length.
• The soil host trees up to 250 feet.
• Logs from trees that have fallen decompose and provide nutrients for
the plants nearby.
Use To Humans/ Threats
• What use to be valleys have turned into tree farms. New tree species
have replaced the traditional vegetation of the rain forest in Chile and
New Zealand.
• The once extensive rainforest of the Scottish Highland are now gone.
• Other uses to humans are coastal fisheries, and getting raw materials
for our everyday production.