Deciduous Forests

By: Diego Rivera

What are Deciduous Forests?  The term deciduous forest is used to describe a type of forest in which

the dominant species of trees and other woody vegetation that make up the forest are those species that shed their leaves during the cold months of the year and re-grows new leaves the next spring in time for the growing season.

Where are the Deciduous Forests  Deciduous forests can be found in the eastern half of North America,

and the middle of Europe. There are many deciduous forests in Asia. Some of the major areas that they are in are southwest Russia, Japan, and eastern China. South America has two big areas of deciduous forests in southern Chile and Middle East coast of Paraguay. There are deciduous forests located in New Zealand, and southeastern Australia also.

Food Chain  The food chain of the Deciduous Forests

Animals of the food chain                 

Hawk Owl Rat Sandpiper Harvest Mouse Vole Shrew Sparrow Grasshopper Mallard Heron Egret Snail Smell Shrimp Terrestrial Plants Aquatic Plants

Fact # 1  In deciduous forests there are five different zones. The first zone is the

Tree Stratum zone. The Tree Stratum zone contains such trees as oak, beech, maple, chestnut hickory, elm, basswood, linden, walnut, and sweet gum trees. This zone has height ranges between 60 feet and 100 feet. The small tree and sapling zone is the second zone. This zone has young, and short trees. The third zone is called the shrub zone. Some of the shrubs in this zone are rhododendrons, azaleas, mountain laurel, and huckleberries. The Herb zone is the fourth zone. It contains short plants such as herbal plants. The final zone is the Ground zone. It contains lichen, club mosses, and true mosses.

Fact # 2  The animals adapt to the climate by hibernating in the

winter and living off the land in the other three seasons. The animals have adapted to the land by trying the plants in the forest to see if they are good to eat for a good supply of food. Also the trees provide shelter for them. Animal use the trees for food and a water sources. Most of the animals are camouflaged to look like the ground.

Fact #3  A lot of deciduous forests have lost land to farms and

towns. Although people are trying to protect the forests some poachers are trying to kill the animals in the forests. The animals are losing their homes because of people building their homes.

Fact #4  One thing that is interesting about this biome and its

climate is that it has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Most deciduous forests have mild summers averaging about 70 °F. Summer months usually begin in early June and end in late August. Winter months don't begin until December. Winter temperatures are fairly cool with an average temperature of a little below freezing. Almost all of the world's deciduous forest is located by an ocean. The ocean and the wind are two big factors of why the temperature and climate change so much in this biome.

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Resources  My resources where www. Deciduous Forests

Biome.com helped me for my facts and my locations of where in the world the deciduous forests  Images in Google helped me with the food chain, videos and pictures and last my picture for my title page of my biome project  The last resource I used was the deciduous forests book it helped me with most of my information