Transcript Temperate Deciduous Forest biome

Temperate Deciduous Forest
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Temperature
• Summers are mild, and average about
70°F (21°C), while winter temperatures
are often well below freezing, 32
degrees F
Precipitation
• The average yearly precipitation is 30 60 inches (75 - 150 cm). This
precipitation falls throughout the year,
but in the winter it falls as snow.
General Climate (cont.)
• 60-80% relative humidity helps to moderate temperature
change from day to night
• Precipitation is distributed fairly evenly throughout the
year, there are no rainy or dry seasons.
• There are four seasons:
-Spring (moderately cool to warm),
summer(Typically hotter temperatures), fall(moderately
warm to cool), and winter(Cold season).
Common
Characteristics
• -Latitude ranges between 23 degrees North and 38
degrees South.
• This biome occupies the eastern half of the United States
and a large portion of Europe. It is characterized by:
-hardwood trees (e.g., beech, maple, oak, hickory)
are deciduous; that is, shed their
leaves in the autumn.
Common Characteristics(cont.)
Hibernate and migrate
-Deer, raccoons, black bear, and salamanders are
characteristic inhabitants.
-During the growing season, this biome can be
quite productive in both natural
and
agricultural ecosystems.
Cranberry!
Adaptations
• Adaptation to fire
– Opportunist species, which are quick to colonize open
or disturbed ground, are killed by fire, but their seeds
are not. These species produce seeds in prodigious
amounts. The seeds disperse widely and germinate
rapidly. It is a strategy that allows species to occupy
sites cleared by fire in the northern and western United
States and to mature and produce seed before conifers
grow taller and shade them.
Tulip
Tulip and Tornado
Adaptations(cont.)
• Seasonal Adaptations
– These animals have unique adaptations suited for
seasonal life. For example, some rodents and
mammals store up fat, and then hibernate during
cold winters. Some birds also migrate south for the
winter so they can continue to live in a warm
environment.
Common Animals
• Mammals
– Brown Bears: Ursus arctos
– Wild Boar: Sus scrofa
– North American Beaver: Castar Canadensis
• Birds
– Yellow Warbler: Dendroica petechias
– Magnolia Warbler: Dendroica magnolia
– Brown Thrasher: Toxostoma rufum
Common Plants
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White Oak: Quercus alba
American Beech: Fagus grandifolia
Myrtle Beech: Nothofagus cunning hamii
Bald Cypress: Taxodium ascendens
Scarlet Pimpernel: Anagallis arvensis
Marsh Marigold: Caltha palustris
What does deciduous mean?
• A tree or shrub shedding its
leaves annually