TEMPERATE FOREST
By Rochele Wardand
Stacy Thompson
Stacey Thompson
TEMPERATURE RANGE
Ranges up to about 20 C down to freezing.
ANNUAL RAINFALL
At least 200cm of it, perhaps up to 350 centimeters in warmer areas.
Average is above 0 C. Warmest is around 20 C.
LOCATION (LATITUDE)
Located mid-latitude; between 23.5 degrees and 55 degrees North and South.
VEGETATION (PLANTS & TREES)
Beeches can reach up to 40 mt tall and have a large foliage.
Aspens are medium size trees that can reach up to 25 mt tall.
ANIMALS
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Chipmunk Northern Cardinal
HUMAN IMPACT
Humans negatively impact on the biogeochemical cycles in the ecosystem, and the nitrogen cycle and the phosphorous cycle.
NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION Temperate Evergreen Forest 1300 gC/m2/yr Temperate Deciduous Forest 1200 gC/m²/yr
CULTURE
Warm all year long, close to the equator. Almost made of two types of trees, deciduous
and evergreen.
LIMITING FACTORS
Human Factor Building of mountain and forest communities
as a result of urban sprawl. Allelopathy Certain plants' ability to affect the soil acidity
and nutrient composition around it.
WORKS CITIED
www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm
www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm
deciduousforest3.weebly.com/human-impacts.html