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Deciduous Forest
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What is a deciduous forest?

• Deciduous means falling off or at a certain
  season
• Leaves fall off of trees in the winter

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The Five Zones

1. The Tree Stratum
2. Small Tree and Sapling
3. Shrub
4. Herb
5. Ground

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Where Are They?

• Eastern North America
• Middle Europe
• Some parts of Asia
• Chile
• Eastern Coast of Paraguay
• New Zealand
• Southeastern Australia

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Climate

• The Deciduous Forest has a Moist Continental
  Climate
• 4 seasons
• Generally mild (summer 70 degrees, winter 32
  degrees)
• Rainfall - 14 inches during winter and 18 inches
  during summer
• Oceans cause climate

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Soil

• Fertile
• Great agriculture regions are found here
• Most deciduous forests found in North America are
  second growth forests

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Threats

• Air pollutants from burning fuels kill wildlife
  and poison the soil
• Humans interfere with the cycles of natural
  forest fires

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Threats Continued

• Acid rain damages leaves and causes production of
  smaller fruit and less seeds used in
  reproduction.
• Global Warming is steadily increasing
  temperatures which causes less precipitation.
  This leads to less growth in the forests.

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More Threats

• Clearing land for agriculture and logging
• Human occupation
• Introduction of non-native plants and animal
  species cause competition for food and habitats
  which results in the endangerment of native
  species
• Mining causes forest not to re-grow on damaged
  and depleted soils

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Animal Adaptations

• The Downy Woodpecker has adapted to live in the
  deciduous forest.
• Reinforced head and sharp beak
• Barbed tongue
• Ability to eat insects and berries outside of
  tree

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Plant Adaptations

• Flowering plants have adapted to living in the
  deciduous forest
• Pollen for insufficient water supply
• Showy flowers aid in capturing of pollen

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Links of Interest

• http//www.marietta.edu/biol/biomes/tempded.htm
• http//inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/d_forest/td
  _forest.htm
• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.h
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