TEMPERATE FORESTS

WHAT ARE THEY?

• Temperate Forests are ecosystems filled with trees
• Besides trees, plants,and animals live in Forests.
• Temperate Forests change as the seasons change.
• Temperate Forests are like a plain forest.
• Temperate Forests are fun to explore.

WHERE ARE THEY?

• Temperate Forests grow in areas with warm summers and cold winters.
• Some trees lose leaves in fall and regrow leaves in spring.
• Temperate Forests are in North America, Europe, and Asia.
• It is cool that they are very rare forests.
• I live near a little part of a temperate forest.

FORESTS LAYERS

• The forest have five layers.
• The top canopy has tall trees.
• Smaller trees make up the understory.
• The shady layer of bushes is next.
• The herb layer has moss and lichens. The forest floor is the bottom.

PLANTS

• Temperate Forests are full of Plants.
• Trees are the tallest plants of the Forest.
• Berry bushes grow here to.
• Wild flowers grow in shade on the forest floor.
• Plants are VERY important.

ANIMALS

• Animals live In all layers of the forest.
• Squirrels build nests high in trees.
• Owls and hawks live in the understory.
• Mice and bugs live in shrubs.
• The forest floor is home to deer,elk, and snakes.

SOURCES

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