1. By Rachel McHale and Michael Dapice

2.  Relatively small.  Northwest Coast of North America  Small areas in Chile, New Zealand, and Australia.  Less than 1/5 of 1% of the Earths surface

3.  Maintains a temperature of 60 Degrees Fahrenheit.  Precipitation ranging from 200cm-350cm  Harbors more biomass per acre than other forest types.  Heavy summer fog.

4. NORTH AMERICA CHILE AND SOUTH AMERICA  Presence of coastal mountains.  Cooler summer temperatures.  High rainfall levels.  Mainly coniferous trees.  More broadleaf trees such as the Southern Beech.  Low temperatures  Only 10% of the rainfall during the summer.  Waterfalls

5.  Wood from the trees has an economic value.  Plants that could be used for herbal medicine.  Fish such as Salmon.  There is still more to be discovered.

6.  Climate began to change causing the climate to become cooler with less rain in the summer.  Inland forest were replaced by grasslands causing the temperate rainforests to go coastal.  They are being destroyed due to logging.

7. ANIMAL ADAPTATIONSPLANTS ADAPTATIONS  Suited to mountain life  Eat leaves rather than fruits  Muted in their colors (browns and grays) so they blend in with the surroundings.  Animals include: black bear, elk, deer, river otters, salmon, woodpeckers, jays, robins, and wrens.  The trees change colors in the fall and shed their leaves.  Trees grow really tall due to the large amount of precipitation.  Mosses and ferns grow on top of other plants to reach light.  Seedlings grow on nurse logs to take advantage of the nutrients from the freshly fallen logs. This is a result of the slow decomposition rate.  Some plants include: Sitka spruce and Western Hemlock

8.  Because the trees found in the Temperate Rainforest are huge, timber cutting is a major threat.  If timber cutting is not done correctly because of the steep slopes which make it difficult to cut “log”, soil erosion can occur.  The silt, nutrients, and pollutants are a threat to near shore marine organisms and freshwater organisms.

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