This document discusses the temperate deciduous forest biome. It notes that this biome is seasonal and located in parts of eastern North America, Western Europe, China, Korea, Australia and Japan. It identifies some indicator species of plants and animals that are found in this biome, such as oak trees, redbud, chipmunks and squirrels. The document outlines some threats to this biome, such as expanding agricultural land, logging, acid rain and urban development. It also provides some additional details about the location described, such as it being a second-growth forest recovering from previous logging.

1. Biomes
What’s where we are?

2. What do we live in?
We live in a Temperate Deciduous Forest.
This is just one of many seasonal biomes.
Being seasonal means that we have an annual
change in our environments climate.

3. World Distribution
Ohio is not the only place with a Temperate
Deciduous Forest biome.
Across the world you can find this around in
eastern North America, Western Europe,
China, Korea, Australia and Japan.

4. Pictures courtesy of Marietta.edu

5. How can you tell?
Ways to tell that you live in this biome are known as
indicator species.
Oak, Dutchman’s-Breeches, Redbud, Sassafras are the
known plant species that indicate this biome.
The American Toad, Eastern Chipmunk, Eastern Grey
Squirrel and Yellow Breasted Chat are the indicator
animals for this biome.

6. Dutchman's Breeches
Sassafras
Oak
Redbud

7. Eastern
Chipmunk
Yellow Breasted
Chat
Eastern Grey Squirrel
American Toad

8. Threats to our biome.
As a biome full of rich nutrient soil, it is no
surprise that a major threat to the
environment is the expanding farm and
agricultural land as well as the developing
cities. Massive logging campaigns and acid
rain are the other two major factors playing
in destroying our land.

9. A little fact.
The area where we live in (North-Eastern
Ohio) is derived from what is known as a
Second-Growth Forest. This means that
where we live currently is regrowing from a
massive forest cut down. The trees we see
are almost all new and growing after large
scale cuttings years before.

10. Reasons for our rich soil.
In the fall season, much of our trees lose
their leaves and acorns. These laying on the
ground decompose and add rich nutrients to
our soils. Also small animals burrowing nuts
in the ground for later, plant new trees
which help keep soil intact and give a
habitat for species to live in.