Biodiversity - We're All Connected!
Forests
Location
Temperate Rainforest - In North America, a thin sliver of land along the coastal range from California to the panhandle of Alaska is home to a temperate rain forest.
Tropical Rainforest - The tropical rainforest is located in Yucatan peninsula in Mexico through Panama lies the Central American Rainforest. There are also tropical rainforests on the African continent.
Boreal Forest - Like the tundra, the taiga or boreal forest circles the Northern Hemisphere. This is the home of the spruce and fir coniferous evergreen forests. It is an area of harsh winters and the plants and animals are adapted to a short growing season.
Climate
Temperate Rainforest - Temperate rain forests are found on the western edge of North and South America, where moist air from the Pacific Ocean drops between 60 and 200 inches of rain a year.
Tropical Rainforest - In an average year in a tropical rainforest, the climate is very humid because of all the rainfall, which amounts to about 250 cm per year. The rain forest has lots of rain because it is very hot and wet. This climate is found near the equator.
Boreal Forest - These forests are mainly found in broad circumpolar belt across the northern hemisphere and on mountain ranges where low temperatures limit the growing season to a few months each year; thus too unfavorable for most hardwoods.
Animals
Temperare: Elk, beavers, raccoon, cougars, black bear
Boreal: Deer, Artic fox, Sibearean tiger, Arctic Hare, Wolverine
Decidious: Hawk, Fox, Owl, Beaver, Opossum
Plants
Temeperate: Mooses, Ferns, Fireweed, Skunk Cabbage, Costal Redwood
Boreal: Huckleberry, Mountain Ash, Hawthorne, Rhododendron, Ragweed
Deciduous: Maple, Oak, Birch, magnolia, Sweet gum, Beech
Taiga
Location
Deciduous forests are found in a variety of places and continents including North America, Europe, and Australia.