Temperate ForestBy Alex Jones

Overview

• Temperate forests grow between the tropics and the polar regions in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. They have a moderate climate

• Temperature varies from -30° C to 30° C.

• Precipitation (75-150 cm) is distributed evenly throughout the year.

Plant Life• Temperate forests include a mix of trees that belong to three main groups.

Deciduous: Plants that lose all of their leaves at the end of the growing season.

Conifer: A kind of tree or shrub with needles or scale-type leaves that produces cones.

Evergreen: A bush or tree that has green leaves throughout the year.

Animal Life

• Represented by squirrels, rabbits, skunks, birds, deer, mountain lion, bobcat, timber wolf, fox, and black bear.