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Temperate Deciduous Forests Biome

Published on Feb 05, 2016

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Temperate Deciduous Forests Biome

By Bismarck and Zaynah
Photo by scotbot

Biomes; large ecological areas on the earth’s surface, with fauna and flora that adapt to their environment

Photo by [ henning ]

Biomes; large ecological areas on the earth’s surface, with fauna and flora that adapt to their environment

Photo by [ henning ]

Overall Facts

  • Leaves fall off each year
  • Found in warm/moist summers & mild winters
  • In temperate zone between polar and tropic
Photo by rabiem22

Weather

  • verage yearly rainfall; 750-1,500 mm/yr
  • Average winter range; 1°C - 30°C
  • Average summer range; 27°C - 32°C
Photo by EJP Photo

Exist in the Eastern U.S. and Canada

Photo by SEDACMaps

Key plants

  • Oak trees
  • Maple trees
  • Beech trees
  • Hickory trees
  • Chestnut trees

Leaves change color to prepare to go to a dormany state

Have thick bark to protect against winter cold

Photo by robinrkc

Key animals for Temp. dedciduous forests

  • Foxes
  • Snakes
  • Hawks
  • Deer
  • Northern Cardinal
Photo by Tim simpson1

Animals here migrate and hibernate as a survival adaptation

Photo by riddsteve

Key Players

  • Oak tree; producer
  • Skunk
  • Northern Cardinal

Trees in a temperate deciduous forest convert Carbon Dioxide into air and advance human understandings of ecology.

Forests also allow for the market of lumber to exist and also furs from the animals that live there

Photo by c_ambler

Enviornmental issues

  • Air pollution
  • Acid rain
  • Deforestation and clear cut logging
  • Forest Fires
Photo by mira66

How to protect the forest?

  • Reduce products that use wood
  • Reduce, reuse, and recycle!
  • Limit pollution
  • Limit use of products that expel CO2 (cars, trucks, etc)
  • Plant trees!