TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST

TEMPERATE FOREST ANIMALS

• Bank voles tails are half the size of their bodies.
• Black bears are omnivores.
• Gray squirrels are rodents.
• Raccoons are medium sized mammals.
• White-tailed deer have a mass of 150 pounds.
• Wild boars are also named hairless pigs.
• Cardinals are the symbol of Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
• Goshawks body length are 1.9 feet.
• A Turkeys lifespan is about 10 years.

TEMPERATE FOREST PLANTS

• Burning Bush's scientific name is the Euonymus Alatus.
• Dogwood's scientific name is the Cornus.
• Fringe Trees are especially named for their unusual fringe-like blossoms.
• Fragrant Sumac trees have lots of little red berries on them.
• Ginkgo trees are the only living species in the division Ginkophyta, or at least that is not extinct.

TEMPERATE FOREST PLANTS

• Scarlet Oak can be mistaken for the pin oak, or occasionally the red oak.
• Hop Hornbeams is a genus of 8 to 10 small deciduous trees belonging to the birch family, Betulaceae.
• Sassafras plants are a genus of the extant and one extinct species of deciduous trees belonging only to the family, Lauraceae.
• Sweet Gum is known as the Liquidambar.

WHERE ARE TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS LOCATED?

• Eastern US
• Canada
• Europe
• Russia
• China
• Japan

CLIMATE

SOIL CONDITIONS

FACT NUMBER 1

• The temperate deciduous forests are subdivided into 5 zones. The zones are divided by how tall the trees are.

FACT NUMBER 2

• Temperate deciduous forests get its name from the temperatures being temperate, not extreme.

FACT NUMBER 3

• Although the average temp. is 50 degrees F, the winter typically sees temp. below freezing.

FACT NUMBER 4

• Most animals in this biome are camouflaged with the ground so that they can escape predators.

FACT NUMBER 5

• Animals of this biome have to be extremely adaptive to deal with the ever changing of these seasons.

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