Temperate+Rain+Forest


 * ​Myles Cavanaugh** - Naturalist
 * Chase Grogg** - Climatolagist
 * Teresa Cantu** - Geographer/Geoligist
 * Luke Watson** - Producer

You should know that rainforests contain 50% of all kinds of plant and animal species. Evergreens, Vine maples, ferns, mosses, lichen, and small plants are just a few of the things that make up a temperate rainforest. one type of orgaism is an epiphyte, a plant that robs another organism of nutrients. Vine maples often live under evergreen trees. Some evergreens can completely stop giving/getting water/food from a root because Vine maples will take everything and poison the tree. Another kind is Epiphyte it lives on the surface of another plant. Especialy on trunks and branches. They also grow on trees to take advantage of the sunlight in the canopy. To be classified as a Temperate Rain Forest, it must recieve at least 200 cm. of percipitation per year, and 350 cm. in warmer areas (2.5 m. per year). Temperate rainforests have seasonal changes unlike tropical rainforests. During the summer it rises to about 80F and during the winter, it drops to about freezing (32F). Temperate rainforests have three seasons. One long, wet season, and two dry seasons, where it rarely exceeds 80F. Some of the animals of the temperate rainforest have adapted to eating more and storing food during the summer months and hide rashions for the colder winter months when food is more scarce. The temperate rainforests are found on the western edge of North and South America. Some are in the U.S. along the coast line of the Pacific North West, Canada, and Alaska. The mountains protect the rainforest from extreme weather. Temperate rainforests only cover seventy-five million acres of land on earth. 2/3 of all temperate rainforests are in the Pacific North West. Chile, New Zealand, and southern Australia are also major locations of temperate rainforest.

Many vines in the rainforest will climb up the trees slowly so they can reach the top and grow wildly off of the sunlight and excess water. Mountain lions, Gray wolves, and different types of elk live in the temperate rain forest. The mountain lions hunt the elk in pacts. If lions meet up with wolves while hunting they will fight each other. Two lions can bring down a 900 Ib. elk. Two wolves can bring down a 700 Ib. elk.

FUN FACT - A lot of plants in the temperate rainforest have been proven to have anti-cancer chemicals. For more interesting facts like these, check out some of the links we have posted for you:[] [] [][] The temperate rainforest is filled with life. Here is one of the many food pyramids. The primary producers are trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, and flowers. Next are the primary consumers (herbivores). This section consists of birds, deer, squirrels, and insects. The next section which are the secondary consumers (predators), consists of foxes, birds, raccoons, and frogs. And last but not least, the tertiary consumers (omnivores) Which are bears. Banana Slugs are Hermaphroditic which means they have male and female reproductive organs. Which means THEY CAN HAVE BABIES WITH THEMSELVES. But they prefer to mate with other slugs to mix genes and make a healthy generation of slugs. **Big coniferous trees**  are the main types of trees in this particular habitat, including Douglas fir trees and Western red cedar trees, Mountain hemlock, Western hemlock, Sitka spruce and Lodgepole pine trees. Plus, a number of deciduous trees such as the Big-leaf maple, live in warmer areas. In addition to the trees, mosses and lichens are very common, often growing as epiphytes. Epiphytes are also common in tropical rain forests; The moist rainforest floor puts less stress on plants without roots. In the pictures here you can see Douglas fir in the photo above. The photo above left shows a ground-level view of the mossy forest floor, and illustrate the epiphytes - mosses and lichens - that make a southern temperate rainforest home (note the deciduous trees). Below is a species of Indian paintbrush growing in a temperate rainforest in British Columbia.