By Emma, Maci, and JJ

Table of Contents What is the Average Temperture What is the Average Rainfall What are the animals in the Cumberland Plateau Where is the Cumberland Plataeau found What plants are there Where else is this habitat found How do the animals survive in this habitat Deer Rabbit Bear Cumberland Plateau salamanders Turtles Fox Ferns Pine Trees Hemlock Trees Poppies Quiz Questions

What is the average temperature??? The average temperature in the mountains is 59.

What is the average rainfall??? The average rainfall in the mountains is 52 inches per year.

What are the animals in the Cumberland Plateau??? There are turtles, fish, bats, salamanders, bears, deer, rabbits, and foxes.

Where is the Cumberland Plateau found??? The Cumberland Plateau is found in the northwest region of Georgia.

What plants are there??? There are ferns, pine trees, hemlock trees and poppies.

Where else is this habitat found??? We could find this habitat in China, Australia, Tennessee, and Alabama.

How do the animals survive in this habitat??? Bears enjoy the forest area where they eat berries, fruits, acorns, grasses, and even animals. Deer eat plants (about five pounds per day), fruits, and nuts. Some of their favorites are honeysuckle acorns and blackberries. The rabbits eat grasses, briars, shrubs and other smaller plants.

Deer The deer eat plants fruits and nuts. Some of their favorite are honeysuckle, acorns or blackberries. They can live in a variety of habitats, including the forest of the Cumberland Plateau.

Rabbit The rabbits eat grasses, briars, shrubs, and other smaller plants. Their main concern is to keep under cover. They live in brushy areas mixed with open forest. They mainly are out at nights and don’t move far from their cover to protect themselves from, coyote, fox, bobcat, hawks and owls.

Bear Bears enjoy the forest area where they eat berries, fruits, acorns, grasses, and even animals. They live in hollow trees, thickets, brush piles or rock places.

Cumberland Plateau Salamanders This salamander is called Plethodon Kentucky. Did you know in 1951 that this species was first described as the Cumberland Plateau salamander (Plethodon Kentucky.)

Turtles A lot 0f these species are endangered. This is amazing. Turtles are actually one of the oldest animals on our planet, with traces going back to the ancient time of the dinosaurs.

Fox Fox eat rabbits, rats, mice, squirrels, birds and insects. However,they also eat fruits, nuts and berries. They are very fast runners, so they can get away from animals that prey on them. They live in forest and fields or grasslands.

Ferns Did you know that ferns actually grow in moist shady wood land nooks.

Pine Trees A lot of pines in Cumberland Plateau actually have four types of leaves. Pines in Cumberland Plateau and other places are known as evergreens.

Hemlock Trees Did you know that Tsuga tree is another name for hemlock trees and that they are not poisonous

Poppies There are a lot of poppies in the Cumberland Plateau and in other places that grow wild in the fields.

Where our group got the information We got our information from the free online encyclopedia and grolier.com as well as nettreker.com

Quiz Questions!! 1. What do bears eat? 2. What do deer eat? 3. What is another name for pine trees? 4. How many leaves did the pine tree have? 5. Are turtles endangered species?