Deciduous+Forest

(still in progress...) Group members of Decidous forest- Keung Inthachak(Producer), David Le(Naturalist), Ramon Reyes(geographer/geoligist**)** Caleb Stephens(Climatologist)

Second most annual rainfall of all the biomes.
 * __Climate__**-
 * Average Rainfall**: 32in.

During winter the ground is usually covered in snow.
 * Average temp**.- 56 degrees fahrenheit

The Deciduous Forest's climate is usually mild throughout the year. Rather than staying at a set tempurature all year, like the desert & tundra, it changes tempurature with the seasons. For each season in a deciduous forest, the trees & animals have a different reaction. In the Winter the trees lose their leaves. Many animals go into hibernation, due to the low levels of food. Others migrate to warmer places to escape the cold. In the Spring, wildlife returns to the enviroment. Animals begin to awake from hibernation, others begin to migrate back. Trees start to grow back their leaves, and flowers begin to bloom. In the Summer, everything is awake & alert. Everything is busy during day & night. In the Fall, daylight shortens & temperatures drop. Some animals begin to store food for hibernation. Others start their migration to warmer areas.
 * Humidity**- 60-80%

Dhole, Red fox, White-tailed deer, muskrat, cardinal, bald eagle, black bear, newt, nightingale, opossum, porcupine, rabbit, squirrel, red-tailed hawk, scorpion, weasel, skunk, raccoon, mallard duck, frog, ant, earthworm, brown bear, collared peccary, coyote, platypus, chipmunk, fat dormouse
 * Animals** -


 * Adaptations** - hibernation and migration are some ways the animals adapt to the biome. Some animals adapted to storing fat and hibernating in the winter. Ex - Bears and foxes. Chipmunks, squirrels, and blue jays collect nuts in the spring when there is plenty and storage them in hollow trees in the winter.


 * Plants** - In the spring, the trees make light, thin leaves to capture sunlight to make food. To prevent damage to the leaves, the tree internal and physical adaptations by the change in the climate around them. Before leave fall off of the tree, some materials the tree can use for food is pulled back into the tree so that it can be used.

Rainfall is about 50-200 cm. "Lake-effect snow"-water is picked up by wind, and falls as snow (in winter until lake freezes) avg.Yearly temp. is 20 degrees C. to freezing Used for pulp,paper,furniture,industrial, and acid rain much of the soil is good, due to the fact that leaves fall off alot in the autumn which makes the soil perfect for spring and so on Famous places in it: Mississippi River, Appalachian mountains, Types of soil:
 * Geography:**
 * Rich loamy soil**: flat/low areas. blackish black-brown. fungi, soil invertebrates that convert who convert organic material into nutrients if soil is old, the trees may grow large mature forests are easy to walk through.


 * Sandy Soil**: is sand and dirt mostely, drain rapidly, and water is premium trees and plants depend on the amount of rainfall terrible at retraining water sandy soil is very nutrient defecient has many pines


 * Rocky soil**: Exposed rock water drains rapid because rocks are usually on slopes dominated by small trees


 * Red soil**: rusty red or yellow-ish clay because of iron aluminum oxides are acidic and clay poorly aerated dominated by southern pines



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