TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS

FORESTBy Connor Thompson

All facts and photos have come from www.mbgnet.net

WHERE ARE TEMPERATE FOREST LOCATED?

In the eastern half of the U.S.A, Canada, Europe, parts of Russia, China and Japan.

TEMPERATE FOREST FUN FACTS

After the rainforest, the temperate deciduous gets the second-most amount of rainfall per year.

In the winter, precipitation (rainfall) is in the form of sleet, snow, and hail.

The 4 seasons happen because of the tilt of the earths axis.

The word Temperate means exactly what the leaves do change color in the fall, fall off in the winter and grow back in the spring.

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST ANIMALSRAT SNAKE & RACCOON

It hunts birds and lizards and lays eggs.

good at climbing

Eats what other animals don’t finish eating.

good climber and can swim

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST BIRDS - CARDINAL They eat seeds

and berries and lay 3 or 4 eggs.

Cardinals are strongly territorial and aggressive birds 

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST TREESSUGAR MAPLE

By the rain all year round.

Can grow up to 60' to 75‘ tall

Can grow 40'-50' wide

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST TREES SUMAC

They are shrubs and small trees.

They can reach a height of 3 to 33 ft. tall

By the rain that is absorbed by its roots.

CLIMATE Average Temp. 50

degrees Fahrenheit

Rain falls throughout the year

Up to 60 inches of rainfall per year.

It has all 4 seasons.

SUMMARY The Temperate Forest gets 60 inches per

year. The rat snake adapts to the Temperate

forest because it is a good climber. The Sugar Maple survives because it’s

roots absorb a lot of water. One place the Temperate forest is

located in eastern U.S.A.