Temperate Biome

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Temperate Biome
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Location

• Middle latitudes
• Near water along coastlines
• Climate has four seasons

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Temperature

• Winter is short
• Growing season (spring summer) long 140-300
  days
• Temperatures from 0 C 28 C or
• 32 F-82 F

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Precipitation

• 75 150 cm/year or 2.5 5 ft/yr.
• Falls as rain snow

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Animals

• Wood mice, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, deer,
  jays, skunks 1st level consumers
• Producers are seeds, fruit, and insects.

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Animals

• Mountain lion, timberwolves, bobcats, bears
  heavily hunted 2nd 3rd level consumers
• Birds animals adapt to climate by migration
  hibernation

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Plants

• Deciduous trees lose leaves in winter oak,
  beech, birch, maple
• Shrubs, wildflowers, berries, mosses, lichens
• Three to five layers of plant growth

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Plants

• Pacific Northwest temperate rain forest
  largest trees in U.S.
• Redwoods, spruce, fir
• Wet winters dry summers