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United States and Canada west coasts

➺ Appalachian Forests of Eastern U.S.

➺ Magellanic and Valdivian forests of South America

➺ Knysna-Amatole forests of South Africa

➺ Colchian rainforests of Turkey and Georgia

➺ British Woodlands

➺ Rainforests of Iran and Azerbaijan

➺ Taiwan's mountain rainforests

➺ Taiheiyo (Pacific) rainforests of Japan

➺ Australian and New Zealand rainforests

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Winter - Average is around 0 degrees C, and in the warmest areas, 20.

(Based on proximity to ocean)

Summer - Around but rarely above 27 degrees C.

There is not a large temperature range over a few degrees C, primarily in the alternation from one season to another (winter to summer)

Why such moderate temperatures??? Well, generally they are in between oceans and mountain ranges, which allows for temperature modification

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Originally made up 14% of Earth’s surface, now only 6%

Only seven temperate rainforests worldwide; one is in North America (Pacific Northwest Temperate Rainforest, largest, from California to British Columbia

One of the highest locations for biomass and biodiversity

World’s highest trees (redwoods, over 300 ft tall)

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Eastern skunk cabbage - forest floor; Symplocarpus foetidus

Coastal redwood/magnolia tree - canopy; Sequoia sempervirens/Magnolioideae grandiflora

Conifers - middle; Pinophyta

Pine tree - broadleaf tree; Pinus

Lots of epiphytes (plants that grow on another plant but not parasitic)

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Elk - one of the most important (landscape gardeners because of foraging and trampling); Cervus canadensis

Marmot - Marmota

Hares - Lepus

Raccoon - Procyon lotor

Bobcats - Lynx rufus

Horned owls - Bubo

Beavers - Castor

Otter - Lutrinae

Black/Grizzly Bear - Ursus americanus/ Ursus arctos horribilis

Grey wolf - Canis lupus

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150-500 cm on average, higher in warmer rainforests

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Blue = Precipitation