A Temperate Forest

A temperate forest Distributed north and south of baja california in the northern highlands of oaxaca and southern chiapas.

A temperate forest. Their temperatures are average. It is the second largest biome on the planet covering 25 1 of the world s forest area only behind the boreal forest which covers about 33. These forests are also known as broad leaf forests because the trees have wide flat leaves. Deciduous trees are trees that lose their leaves in winter.

Decreasing temperatures and shortened daylight hours in fall mean decreased photosynthesisfor plants. Their ecosystems are sub humid and with enough annual precipitations. Such forests occur between approximately 25 and 50 latitude in both hemispheres see figure 1. However the forest s vertical dimension has received limited investigation especially in temperate forests.

Temperate forest in mexico. The temperate rain forests of south america are located on the pacific coast of southern chile on the west facing slopes of the southern chilean coast range and the andes mountains in both chile and argentina down to the southern tip of south america and are part of the neotropical realm. They have a great diversity of flora and fauna. In the natural forest plants in warm temperate forests such as konara oak quercus salicina and ilexpedunnculosa are found in areas lower than 600 m above sea level.

Toward the polar regions they grade into boreal forests which are dominated by evergreen conifers so that mixed forests containing both deciduous and coniferous trees occupy intermediate areas. By definition a temperate forest is a forest that lies in the region sandwiched by the tropics and the world s polar regions on either side of the equator. Vertical niche partitioning might be one of the main driving forces explaining the high diversity of forest ecosystems. Temperate forests are characterized as regions with high levels of precipitation humidity and a variety of deciduous trees.

Temperate forest often refers specifically to the temperate deciduous forests widespread in eastern north america and eurasia but other temperate forest types exist in the planet s middle latitudes where moderate frequently four season climates encourage diverse tree growth.