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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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Weir, Roseanne. "Temperate Rainforest Ecosystems." Http://quest.arc.nasa.gov. Nasa, n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.

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