Temerate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest
Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest
The Temperate Broad-leaf Deciduous Forest are found mostly in the Eastern part of North America. This is where most of the forests have survived. The leaves of these trees change colors through the seasons. The colors that the trees may change are reds, oranges, and golds in the autumns. The leaves change colors, then when winter rolls around most of these trees lose their leaves and the plants around this area become dormant. The climate in this area is very long. The growing period for these trees and plants is almost six months. The get quite a bit of precipitation. In most areas the get between twenty to sixty inches of precipitation, which is distributed throughout the year. The period of time when the plants and trees are not growing is due to the temperature. These areas are sent into a temperature induced drought during these cold winter months. There are a lot of factors that effect the climate in the Northern America area but this is how the plants and trees adapted to the area and survived.
The vegetation here is much different from other places. In these areas there are many of the same types of trees. This is an area of almost all trees so they have quite a few different types of these trees. These different types of trees include Quercus (oak), Acer (maple). Fagus (beech), Castanea (chestnut), Carya (hickory), Ulmus (elm), Tilia (basswood or linden), Jugians (walnut), and Liquidamber (sweet gum). The structure and way things grow are different they grow in five different layers that can be recognized. The first layer is about sixty to one hundred feet high. This is called a tree stratum. This region is dominated by various types of trees. The second layer is a small tree or sapling layer. This layer has not only younger types of the tall trees. This layer has sourwood, dogwood, and redbud. Then there is the third this is the shrub layer. This layer has many types of plants like rhododendron, azaleas, mountain
The Temperate Broad-leaf Deciduous Forest are found mostly in the Eastern part of North America. This is where most of the forests have survived. The leaves of these trees change colors through the seasons. The colors that the trees may change are reds, oranges, and golds in the autumns. The leaves change colors, then when winter rolls around most of these trees lose their leaves and the plants around this area become dormant. The climate in this area is very long. The growing period for these trees and plants is almost six months. The get quite a bit of precipitation. In most areas the get between twenty to sixty inches of precipitation, which is distributed throughout the year. The period of time when the plants and trees are not growing is due to the temperature. These areas are sent into a temperature induced drought during these cold winter months. There are a lot of factors that effect the climate in the Northern America area but this is how the plants and trees adapted to the area and survived.
The vegetation here is much different from other places. In these areas there are many of the same types of trees. This is an area of almost all trees so they have quite a few different types of these trees. These different types of trees include Quercus (oak), Acer (maple). Fagus (beech), Castanea (chestnut), Carya (hickory), Ulmus (elm), Tilia (basswood or linden), Jugians (walnut), and Liquidamber (sweet gum). The structure and way things grow are different they grow in five different layers that can be recognized. The first layer is about sixty to one hundred feet high. This is called a tree stratum. This region is dominated by various types of trees. The second layer is a small tree or sapling layer. This layer has not only younger types of the tall trees. This layer has sourwood, dogwood, and redbud. Then there is the third this is the shrub layer. This layer has many types of plants like rhododendron, azaleas, mountain
References: Puget Sound- Temperate Broudleaf Forest http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/world-biomes/characteristics-of-bioclimatic/temperate-broadleaf-forest/ Biomes of the world- temperate broadleaf deciduous forest department of geospatial science, radford university https://php.radford.edu/~swoodwar/biomes/?page_id=94 Defenders of Wildlife. (2010). Forest Habitat. Retrieved on February 18, 2010 from Defenders of Wildlife: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/habitat/forest.php#