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The Forest Biome By Mary, Joe, Gina, and Jay Comparing Two Biomes Deciduous Forest • Rainfall 30-60 inches • Temperatures average 30 ⁰ 70 ⁰ • Four seasons Go Back Rain Forest • Rainfall 50-260 inches • Temperatures average 68 ⁰ 93 ⁰ • Two seasons very similar but slightly more rain in one • Near equator Location • North America, in western Europe, in China, Korea, Japan and Australia • Latitude from 23 ⁰ N to 38 ⁰ S Go Back Climate and Weather • Average temperature around 50⁰F – summers average temp. 70⁰F, winter average 30⁰F • Average rainfall 30-60 inches a year • Four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall • Season Slideshow Go Back Plants • Plant Adaptations: plants • Great Lobelia lean toward sun to get energy, leaves shed in cold • Oak • Lichen • 5 zones: tall tree, small tree, shrub, herb, ground • Trees can grow to 100 feet • Many middle sized trees and shrubs • Small forest floor plants and lichen Go Back Lichen • 8% of vegetation • Fungi • Grows with a partner like algae Go Back Oak Trees • • • • • • 600 Species Wood used for lumber Bark used for medicine and dyes Acorns are seeds – used for oil and food Symbol of strength White oak tallest – up to 100 feet tall Go Back Great Lobelia • Forest floor flower • Perennial • Adaptations: – bright flowers attract pollinators like bumblebees and butterflies – Pollen is protein rich Go Back Animals • Adaptations: hibernation, camouflage, trees as food and shelter • Mammals, amphibians, birds, insects Go Back • Black bear • Eastern Gray Squirrel • Box Elder Beetle Black Bear • Cubs born in winter are helpless – usually 2 • Live 20 years • Shy, curious, intelligent • Omnivore – berries, roots, grass, insects • 250-350 lbs. • No predators Go Back Eastern Gray Squirrel • • • • Rodent 9-12 inches 14 – 16 ounces Hoards food nuts and seeds -for later • Nest in fork of trees • Babies 2 times a year • Hawks, weasels, raccoons hunt squirrel Go Back Box Elder Beetle • Box Elder Beetle is black and red • Half inch long • Found on box elder trees, maple trees and ash trees • Adaptations: – Tastes Bad – Dormant in winter Go Back Conservation Biggest threat to deciduous forest • • • • • • Development Agriculture Logging Acid Rain Global Warming Forest Fire Go Back Solutions to forest threats • Cleaning Pollution • Recycling • Prevent over development • Reduce emissions Energy Flow in a Deciduous Forest Third Consumers Second Consumers First Consumers Producers Resources • • • • • • • • • • • • http://temperatedeciduousforests.weebly.com/what-lives-in-a-temperate-deciduous-forest.html http://www.treetures.com/Blanchdeciduous.html http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm http://thelifeintundra.blogspot.com/2011/02/biome-definition.html http://frankwinters.wordpress.com/2007/01/09/lettuce-lichen-and-henry-david-thoreau/ http://www.about-oak-trees.com/ http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/trees/giant.asp http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05522.html http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/gb_lobeliax.htm http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/game_bear.shtml http://www.carolinanature.com/mammals/blackbear.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EasternGraySquirrel.jpg