Temperate Deciduous forest
Global map of Temperate Deciduous Forest
ABIOTIC FACTORS:
- 30-60 inches of rain fall per year
- tree height can range from 60-100 ft
- winter: an average just below freezing
- summer: 70 degrees F
- distinct seasons of summer, winter, fall and spring
- plants adapt by leaning towards the sun
- most animals camouflage to the ground
TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST: CANADA
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TALL PLANT
White Birch (Betula papyrifera):
White Birch (Betula papyrifera):
- autotroph
- producer
- porcupines eat the trees bark and rabbits eat its seeds
- grows 70-80 feet
- live up to 140 years
- white bark, peels easily
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LOW GROWING PLANT
Carpet Moss (Mnium hornum):
Carpet Moss (Mnium hornum):
- autotroph
- producer
- grow on the ground, trees or by lakes
- reproduces sexually and asexually
- absorb water and nutrients through their pores, which stay open
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MEMBER OF CLASS AVES
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus):
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_animal_page.htm
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus):
- heterotroph
- tertiary consumer
- carnivore
- wing span as long as a table
- maturity- 4-6 years old
- mainly eats fish
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_animal_page.htm
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MEMBER OF CLASS MAMALIA
Black Bear (Ursus americanus):
Black Bear (Ursus americanus):
- heterotroph
- tertiary consumer
- omnivore
- look for food with high nutrition
- mating season: summer, birth season: winter
- well adapted to cold weather because of fur coat
- eats plants and fish
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MEMBER OF CLASS AMPHIBIA
American Toad (Bufo americanus):
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm
American Toad (Bufo americanus):
- heterotroph
- secondary consumer
- carnivore
- feeds on invertebrates
- have skin that needs high humidity
- mostly travels on forest floor
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm