Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Speaking for the trees of the Eastern United States
Sep 09, 2014
Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest
Speaking for the trees of the Eastern United States
TBDF…WTF?
Biome
Planet Earth: Home to 14 Biomes
• TemperateModerate climate lacking extremes
• BroadleafHaving broad flat leaves
• DeciduousTending to fall off, like the leaves in
autumn
• ForestLots & lots of trees
Where’s the TBDF
North American TBDF
Salamanders:
25 species in 5 families in Ohio
Freshwater mollusk: At one time 300 species; declining rapidly
Crayfish: 18 species in Ohio
Fauna
Flora 1
beechoak
chestnut
maplehickory
Flora 2
What we have
WE HAVE A CHANCE.
WE HAVE A CHANCE
Arc of Appalachia Preserve System
Preserving America’s
Eastern Deciduous Forest
Arc of appalachia region
Acquisitions since 1995
Chalet Nivale Preserve: 101 acres
Ohio Bluffs: 62 acres
Kamama Prairie: 78 acres72 species of butterflies
Cave Canyon
Creation of many people against great odds
Volunteers from OSU
3staff, volunteers, donors
Donor gathering
Independently empowered๏ Independently-working & empowered
individuals
๏ is the key
๏ to a successful grass-roots work force.
Lorax