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