Edgar Villanueva Jr

BIO101 Dr. Tommerup

November 19, 2012

Temperate Deciduous Forests Research

1. Climate – varies, but has the 2nd most rainfall of all biomes per year.
a. There are four distinct seasons – autumn, near freezing winters, spring and mildly heated
summers.
b. Winter – near freezing. Summer – 70 degrees F.
c. Precipitation- rain
d. Rain during winter
e. Amount of precipitation – 30-60in
f. No extraneous climate features to be noted.
REFERENCE: "World Biomes." Temperate Forest. 2004. Web. 19 Nov 2012.
<http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/temperateforest.html>.

2. Biome Location – Eastern North America, Western Europe, China, Korea, Japan, and Austrailia.
REFERENCE : "Temperate Deciduous Forest." Marietta College. Web. 19 Nov 2012
<http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm>.

3. Physical Features of Biome – Broad leaf trees, shrubs, herbs, mosses

a. Dominated by Trees
b. Rocky or sandy depending on region.
c. Soil is special (alfisols, ultisols, rocky, and sandy)
d. Lots of trees (turn orange/yellow/red in autumn) Arboretum
REFERENCE: "Temperate Deciduous Forest : Mission: Biomes." NASA Earth Observatory. Web. 19 Nov
2012 <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biotemperate.php>

4. Natural Disasters – Fire started by lightning

a. Fires are normal.
REFERENCE: "Temperate Deciduous Forest." Issuu. Web. 19 Nov 2012. <http://
issuu.com/mrsthomas/docs/temperate-deciduous-forest>.

Biotic Features – Vegetation

a. Dominant feature – trees.
b. Northern Red oak (quercus rubra), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), bitternut (carya
cordiformis)
c. Medicine (digitalis – dried leaves of the purple foxwood plant, quinine - bark of cinchona tree),
Housing and lumber (wood).
REFERENCE: "Temperate Deciduous Forest Biome." VT Forest Biology and Dendrology. Web. 19 Nov
2012. <http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/Forsite/tdfbiome.htm>.

Biotic Features – Animals

a. American Bald Eagle – Carnivore
b. Eastern Chipmunk – Herbivore
c. American Black Bear – Omnivore
Trivia
 Endangered species – bison, caribou, blue-spotted salamander, long-eared owl
 Humans often build civilizations near these biomes due to the availability of resources