Temperate ForestsBy yours truly Cody Reeser

Brandon ToothmanTre’Von porter-smith

Zoology (Animal Life)

Squirrels, grizzly bears, raccoons, red fox, cardinal bird are just some of them-squirrels they live in a tree and the tree isn’t harmed, things That eat squirrels are hawks, foxes, eagles, dogs -grizzly bears hibernate during the winter, stash food, likes honey, have to build up their weight by colleting fat ganing forty pounds of fat per week

Botany (Plant Life)Varity of plants (moss, ferns, wild flowers, and other small plants)Certain treesSweet gum- leaves are like maple leaves OakMaplesBirchRed bud trees grow in a spring, grows to 50in-8’c -16’c18’ f – 61’ f

Geography (Physical Landscape/habitat)

• The warmer the temp the more precipitation the cooler the temp the less precipitation

• Trees stratum 60-100 feet high • An herb layer of perennial forbs that bloom

primarily in early spring • A ground layer of licks, club masses, and true

mosses

Meteorology (weather & Human Influence)

• Is always changing • Has four distinct seasons: winter, spring,

summer, fall• Winter is the coldist and summer the warmist • Between 30 and 60 inchs a year• precipitation in this biome happens year

round

SOURCES

• Chalk.richmand.eda/education/projects/webantion/biomes/tforest.html

• www.nhptv.org • www.mbgnet.net