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Temperate Rain Forests Temperate Rainforests the temperate cool rainforests occur poleward of the Mediterranean region, 40°- 60° N and S latitude, along the western coast of continents under the influence of the westerlies Temperate Rainforests rainfall occurs principally in winter but there is no summer-drought as has the Mediterranean region found adjacent to it and towards the equator Temperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: up to 12 ft rain per year Misty Fiords Natl Monument, Alaska

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Temperate Rain Forests Temperate Rainforests §  the temperate cool rainforests occur poleward of the Mediterranean region, 40°- 60° N and S latitude, along the western coast of continents under the influence of the westerlies

Temperate Rainforests §  rainfall occurs principally in winter but there is no summer-drought as has the Mediterranean region found adjacent to it and towards the equator

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: up to 12 ft rain per year

Misty Fiords Natl Monument, Alaska

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Old-man’s beard lichen Lobaria - N2 fixing, only in 100yr forests

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: mosses and ferns dominate inside forest

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: mosses and ferns dominate inside forest

Deer fern - Blechum spicant Sinslaw Natl Forest, Oregon

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: 20 species of gymnosperms dominate forest

Thuja plicata (western redcedar), Abies amabilis (silver fir), Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock) west Cascades, WA

Thuja plicata (western redcedar)

Taxus brevifolia - Pacific yew

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: 20 species of gymnosperms dominate forest

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Douglas fir, 500-1000 yrs; 300 ft, 5-8 ft dbh; Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island

National Park boundary; w WA

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: 20 species of gymnosperms dominate forest

big-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) Olympic Natl. Park, WA

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverse

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverse

Alnus rubra (western or red alder) - N2 fixer

Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverse

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Rhododendron under canopy of Redwood (Sequoia)

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverse

Calypso bulbosa (circumboreal)

Spotted owl feeds on mice, tree voles, flying squirrels

Temperate Rainforests §  N California - S Alaska: endangered plant and animal species

Temperate Rainforests §  S Chile: gymnosperm dominated forest with lichens, lianas, epiphytes

Valdivian rain forest: 41 - 43o S

Magellanic rain forest: 43 - 56o S

Araucaria araucana - monkey puzzle Araucaria cones

Temperate Rainforests §  S Chile: Araucaria confined to temperate S. America and Austral-Pacific

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Temperate Rainforests §  S Chile: other southern hemisphere gymnosperms

Fitzroya - Patagonian cypress

Podocarpus - podocarp & fleshy cone

Temperate Rainforests §  S Chile: Nothofagus (southern beeches) dominant angiosperm

Nothofagus is another southern hemisphere distributed group

Temperate Rainforests §  S Chile: two other genera with temperate southern hemisphere distributions

Laurelia sempervirens Monimiaceae, Chile

Laurelia philippina - Austral-Pacific

Temperate Rainforests §  S Chile: two other genera with temperate southern hemisphere distributions

Eucryphia cordifolia Eucryphiaceae, Chile

Eucryphia glutinosa Eucryphiaceae, Chile

Eucryphia lucida Eucryphiaceae, Tasmania

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Temperate Rainforests §  S Chile: fungi and parasites common, especially on Nothofagus

Misodendrum parasite Cyttaria fungus

Nothofagus menziesii at higher elevations in New Zealand; covered with moss and Usnea lichens

Temperate Rainforests §  SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand

Nothofagus on the slopes of Mt. Ruapehu (Mt. Doom) in New Zealand

Temperate Rainforests §  SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand

Gymnosperms co-dominate with Nothofagus

Podocarpus dacrydioides - kahikatea

Temperate Rainforests §  SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand

Gymnosperms co-dominate with Nothofagus

Dacrydium (Podocarpaceae) ‘red pine’

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Podocarpus forest with broadleaf Metrosideros umbellata (northern rata) Metrosideros - South Island, NZ

Temperate Rainforests §  SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand : Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus regnans - mountain ash, Tasmania

Temperate Rainforests §  SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand : Myrtaceae

Cyathea medullaris - 1 of 20 species of tree ferns in New Zealand

Tasmania

Temperate Rainforests §  SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand : Tree ferns


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