Temperate Rainforest
Kelsey Grainger & Rhett Perkins
Characteristics• Big Temperate Coniferous
Trees• Canopy of trees shuts out at
least 70% of the sky
Climate• Gets over 12 feet of rain every
year• Average temperature is between
32 & 68 degrees Fahrenheit
Location• West Coast of United States &
Canada• Small areas in Chile, New Zealand, &
Australia
Plants• Epiphyte • Firewee
d
• Coastal Redwood
More Plants• Western Skunk
Cabbage• Douglas fir
Animals•Red Panda
•Cougar
More Animals• Elk • Mountain Lions
• Varied Thrush
Food Web
Human Impact• Intensive commercial logging• Wild fires
Soil• Richer than tropical rainforest• Damp and dark
Vacation spot• Tasmania, AU– Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National
Park– Southwest National Park
Effects of Vacation spot• Cut down trees• Create pollution• Harm habitats
Adaptations & Competition
• Have to adapt to a lot of rain• Fight for shelter
Works Cited• http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/temprain.h
tm• http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/temperate-
rain-forest.htm• http://temperaterainforestelynam.weebly.com/pre
cipitation.html• http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/
pacific_temperate_rainforests.cfm• http://www.kenaipeninsula.org/kenai_guide/habita
ts.htm