what is special about the temperate deciduous forest?
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The temperate deciduous forest biome is characterized by its leaf-shedding trees and its seasons. This biome experiences all four seasons - winter, spring, summer, and fall. The temperate deciduous forest biome is located in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Japan.
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Temperate grasslands have hot summers and cold winters. Rainfall is moderate. The amount of annual rainfall influences the height of grassland vegetation, with taller grasses in wetter regions. As in the savanna, seasonal drought and occasional fires are very important to biodiversity.
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Solution(By Examveda Team) Tropical Moist-deciduous forests is referred as Monsoon forest. The tropical deciduous forests are also called monsoon forest because the trees in these forests shed their leaves during dry season and re-grow during monsoon.
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A Taiga has trees with non-needle shaped leaves that fall off in the Fall. A Temperate Deciduous forest has trees that do the opposite! Their leaves have a waxy coating on them and they stay on the branches year-long!
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Temperature. The average annual temperature for temperate rainforests is about 0°C (32°F) because temperate rainforests are usually located close to the ocean, but for the warmer parts of the temperate rainforests the average annual temperature is around 20°C (68°F).
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Temperate, deciduous forests lend themselves to the same types of activities as other types of forest, such as mountain bike riding, horse-riding, fishing or picnicking, but the special charm of a deciduous forest is in the animals that live there and the trees that grow there.
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The relatively high temperatures in the tropics generate and maintain high diversity because 'the Red Queen runs faster when she is hot'. There is, however, one natural feature of this country, the interest and grandeur of which may be fully appreciated in a single walk: it is the 'virgin forest'.
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Australia has hardly any native deciduous trees. ... There are only a few trees native to Australia that are deciduous — that is, they lose some or all of their leaves, for a part of the year — and that makes us pretty unique.
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The age of the forest and the range of habitats it contains make it a valuable area for wildlife, and it is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Its former status as a working or pasture forest has had a great effect on its ecology.
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There are two types of rainforests -- tropical and temperate. Tropical and temperate rainforests share certain characteristics. For example, most trees flare at the base. Vegetation is dense, tall and very green.
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A main different between tropical rainforests and temperate rainforest is climate. Tropical rainforests are moist and very warm all year round. Temperate rainforest are cool in the winter and warm in the summer. Another difference between tropical rainforests and temperate rainforests are types of trees.
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In temperate forests across the Northern Hemisphere, trees shed their leaves during autumn as cold weather approaches. In tropical and subtropical forests, trees shed their leaves at the onset of the dry season. ... Trees that lose all of their leaves for part of the year are known as deciduous trees.
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Temperate deciduous forests can be found in the eastern part of the United States and Canada, most of Europe and parts of China and Japan. The temperate deciduous forest is a biome that is always changing. It has four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. Winters are cold and summers are warm.
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German forests are diverse and provide habitats for many animal and plant species. The spruce, pine, beech and oak are the most frequent tree species in Germany.
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Temperate forests are characterized as regions with high levels of precipitation, humidity, and a variety of deciduous trees. Deciduous trees are trees that lose their leaves in winter. Decreasing temperatures and shortened daylight hours in fall mean decreased photosynthesis for plants.
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The corresponding biome is the Deciduous Forest, or Temperate Forest biome. Such forests occur between approximately 25 ° and 50 ° latitude in both hemispheres. One thing that is interesting about this biome and its climate is that it has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
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Temperate deciduous or temperate broad-leaf forests are a variety of temperate forest 'dominated' by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm moist summers and cool winters.