TEMPERATE RAINFOREST BIOME BY: OWEN MALONEY
WHERE IT’S AT The Temperate rainforest biome only exists on three continents. The first of these continents is North America, the forest is located in the coastal regions of British Columbia, Seattle bay area, and southern Alaska. The rainforest on South America is located in the coastal regions of Chile. The last location that contains one of these forests is New Zealand
CLIMATE The temperate rainforest has an annual rainfall of between 200 centimeters to 350 centimeters. The average temperature is around 32 degrees Fahrenheit but in the warmer climates the average can reach 68 degrees Fahrenheit Can be as cold as -22 degrees in the winter and as hot as 89 degrees in the summer The temperature is strongly influenced by the ocean. The soil in a temperate rainforest is very rich Has one long wet season in the spring and one dry season in the summer
MAMMALS The temperate rainforest has thousands of species inside of it. A species of squirrel that is known as the Northern flying squirrel is exclusive to this environment. It can grow up to ten inches and can stretch out its skin to for a sort of parachute it can glide with. A species of bat is also native to this environment it is called the Long-Eared Myotis a species of mouse that resembles a chipmunk is native it is known as the red backed voles A actual chipmunk that resides there is the Townsend chipmunk The smallest mole, shrew moles, resides here
BIRDS Several birds reside here including: Marbled Murrelet Spotted Owl the Clark’s Nutcracker the Blue grouse The Varied Thrush, a carboniferous robin Almost all of the birds that live in these rainforests feed on fish
INVERTEBRATES AND REPTILES There is a species of slug Banana slug which can grow to the size of a banana and weigh one hundred grams Some others were: California giant salamander red-bellied newt Foothill yellow-legged frog Northern Pacific rattlesnake Western pond turtle
TREES Large carboniferous trees dominate the habitat. They include: Douglas fir Western red cedar Sitkaspruce Mountain hemlock Western hemlock Lodgepole pine Big-Leaf Maple Sequoia (biggest and tallest tree in the world)
OTHER PLANT LIFE There is also lichen and moss that often live as epiphytes There are also several species of shrubs
THE BENEFITS The Temperate rainforests provide several things They provide habitats for animals They purify the air producing oxygen They shield surrounding cities from weather
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