Temperate forests are located in eastern North America, eastern Asia, and Europe. They experience cool, rainy weather for most of the year with brief hot summers. Deciduous trees drop their leaves in fall and regrow them in spring. Common animal species include black bears, deer, and various birds and squirrels. Maple, oak, and fern species are some of the plants found in these forests. Human impacts have included deforestation, logging, and urbanization, though some reforestation and conservation efforts have helped mitigate these impacts.

1. Temperate Forest
By: Tatum Rezvani

2. On the Map
Temperate
forests are
located in the
eastern
United
States,
eastern Asia,
and most of
Europe.

3. Facts about the
Temperate Deciduous
Forest
 The temperate deciduous forest biome is an area
that is very cool and rainy most of the year. In the
fall the leaves will fall off of the trees, and in the
spring they reemerge. It can also snow during the
winter in this particular biome. This biome
experiences brief, but hot summers.
 Latitude/Longitude: 23.5 degrees to 60 degrees
latitude in both the Northern and Southern
hemispheres

5. Yearly Precipitation

6. Yearly Temperature

7. Plants and Animals
 American Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus
leucocephalus)
 American Black Bear
(Ursus americanus)
 Coyot (Canis latrans)
 Duckbill Platypus
(Ornithorhynchus
anatinus)
 European Red Squirrel
(Sciuridae)
 White-tailed Deer
(Cervidae)
 American Beech
(Fagus grandifolia)
 Carpet Moss
(Bryophyta)
 Maple Tree (Acer)
 Lady Fern
(Pteridophyta)
 Northern Arrowwood
(Viburnum dentatum)
 White Oak (Quercus)

8. American Black Bear
Temperate forest animals
have have a variety of
adaptations that allow
them to deal with the
constantly shifting
temperatures. During the
winters, the American
black bear goes into
hibernation (a deep,
sleeplike state) in order to
store its energy.

9. Maple Trees
 Maple trees are a type of
deciduous tree, that is very
common in temperate
forests. Seasonally, these
trees loose their leaves in
order to avoid damage
during the freezes of the
harsh winters.
 When the warm weather
returns, the leaves grow
back, and photosynthesis
resumes.
 Annual leaf drop also
enriches the soil of the
deciduous forest with
nutrients through
decomposition.

11. Human Impacts
Negative
Positive
 Recent managing of timber
production
 Replanting of trees

Deforestation

Logging for wood and timber

A lot of deciduous forests have
lost land to farms and towns.

Urbanization.

Although people are trying to
protect the forests some
poachers are trying to kill the
animals in the forests.

The animals are losing their
homes because of people
building on their homes.

12. Works Cited
Content
Pictures
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