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Science biome project
This document summarizes key aspects of temperate rainforests. It outlines important abiotic factors like sunlight, precipitation, climate, and soil. It then lists common plant and animal species found in these forests, including big coniferous trees, deciduous trees, mosses, lichens, and animals like deer, bears, birds, fish and more. The document also discusses the climate, world distribution, threats like bioaccumulation, invasive species, energy flow, symbiosis, succession, and predator-prey relationships of temperate rainforests.
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- 3. COMMON PLANTS &ANIMALS Big coniferous trees Deer Douglas fir Western red cedar Mountain hemlock Western hemlock Sitka spruce Lodgepole pine Bears Coyotes Slugs Birds Elk Fish Squirrels Deciduous trees in warmer spots Big-leaf maple Mosses Chipmunks Lichens Wolves Stinging Nettle Foxes Fireweed Snakes Salmonberry Frogs
- 4. CLIMATE Four distinct seasonswith a distinct winter Temperature rarely drops below freezing (0°C) Usually does not exceed 27°C in the summer Average precipitation is 200 cm, depending on the temperature
- 5. WORLD DISTRIBUTION Along thenorthwestern coast of North America from Northern California through Southern Alaska Southern Chile, New Zealand, Australia, etc
- 6. BIOACCUMULATION Climate change Pollution Alien species(invasive) Humans
- 7. INTRUSIVE SPECIES Deer inthe Haida Gwaii archipelago White Pine Blister (Fungus) targets coniferous tree seedlings, and therefore has altered forest structure severely. Rats and raccoons, the introduced predators Affect the undergrowth and threat the regeneration of cedar They hunt the indigenous birds called the “Ancient Murrelet” at the birds’ nesting sites. Invasive Plants: Himilayan Blackberry English Ivy Scotch Broom They can spread easily and are capable of dominating indigenous plants of the biome
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- 9. SYMBIOSIS Bees pollinating flowersMutualism Fungusand algae- Mutualism Provides vitamins to the fungi, and the fungi protects it from drying An opossum dens with a woodchuck for warmthCommensalism The woodchuck is not helped or hurt
- 10. SUCCESSION Primary succession (startswith bare rock exposed by geologic activity) Rock -> Lichen -> Moss -> Grass -> Shrub -> Trees -> Oak Hickory Forest Secondary succession (starts with soil from which previous community has been removed) Grass -> Shrub -> Trees -> Oak Hickory Forest
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