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Evergreen Forest

Temperate evergreen forests are characterized by clusters of evergreen trees in temperate areas with warm summers and mild winters. The soil is poor in nutrients and temperature varies between -30°C to 30°C. Animals that live in these forests include black bears, deer, owls, and dozens of bird species. Plants include oak, pine, cedar, spruce, and laurel trees that are hardy and able to grow in difficult locations.

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Evergreen Forest

Temperate evergreen forests are characterized by clusters of evergreen trees in temperate areas with warm summers and mild winters. The soil is poor in nutrients and temperature varies between -30°C to 30°C. Animals that live in these forests include black bears, deer, owls, and dozens of bird species. Plants include oak, pine, cedar, spruce, and laurel trees that are hardy and able to grow in difficult locations.

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Temperate

evergreen
forest
Evergreen
a plant, bush, or tree
that has leaves for the whole
year.
characterized as regions with
high levels of precipitation,
humidity,
These regions are hot and
receive heavy rainfall
throughout the year.
There is no particular dry
season, the trees do not shed
their leaves at the same time.
Thus, the forests always
appear green.
Itis characterized by clusters of
evergreen trees in temperate areas
with warm summers and mild winters.
The soil in these forests is poor in
nutrients.
Moderate climate and a growing season
of 140-200 days during 4-6 frost-free
months distinguish temperate forests.
Temperature varies from -30° C to 30°
C. ... moist conifer and evergreen
broad-leaved forests: wet winters and
dry summers
ANIMALS
Reindeer Caribou

Lynx

Wasps Hornet
Black and brown
Bears

Raccoon Robins
 The animals that live in temperate
evergreen forests include black
bears, brown bears, deer, elk,
small rodents, robins, owls, hares,
raccoons, newts, fleas, centipedes,
wasps and hornets. In the
Northwestern United States and
other areas with formidable winters,
evergreen forests are home to lynx,
bobcats, bison and wolves. These
forests are also home to dozens of
bird species.
Oak Tree

Plants

Pine Tree
Cedar Tree Spruce

larch Laurel
 The diversity of temperate evergreen
forests reaches beyond their fauna.
 Plants thriving in these forests include
oak, laurel, cedar, pine, spruce and
larch trees. The huge redwoods of
California grow in temperate
evergreen forests, as do trees in the
cypress family. The trees and shrubs
growing in these forests are typically
hardy and able to grow in sandy soil,
rocky outcroppings and other difficult
locations.
Temperate deciduous
forest
DECIDUOUS
-- In the fields of horticulture and
botany, the term deciduous means "falling
off at maturity" and "tending to fall off.(wiki)
--- (of
a tree) losing its leaves in the fall.
(Cambridge)
--The term deciduous refers to the
plant’s ability to lose it’s leaves when
times get tough.
Deciduous forest

 vegetation composed primarily of


broad-leaved trees that shed all their
leaves during one season.
 found in three middle-latitude
regions with a temperate climate
characterized by a winter season and
year-round precipitation
 It is located in the United States,
Canada, Europe, China, Japan and
other parts of Russia.
Plants
Beech

Lichen Maple
Moss

Fern

Birch Tree
The average temperature of
deciduous forests is 50°F and
annual rainfall averages 30 to 60
inches.
Temperate deciduous forests also
have precipitation in the form of
snow. ... This period can extend to
250 days in some tropical and
subtropical deciduous forests.
Changes
 The leaves of deciduous trees change
color and fall off in the autumn and
grow back in the spring. The broad,
flat leaves of deciduous trees lose
water quickly.
 In the winter when the ground is
frozen, it is difficult for them to
absorb water, so they drop their
leaves! Deciduous trees stay
dormant in the winter
SPRING SUMMER WINTER FALL

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