Temperate RainforestsTemperate Rainforests the temperate cool rainforests occur poleward of the Mediterraneanregion, 40°- 60° N and S latitude, along the western coast of continentsunder the influence of the westerliesTemperate Rainforests rainfall occurs principally in winter but there is no summer-drought ashas the Mediterranean region found adjacent to it and towards the equatorTemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: up to 12 ft rain per yearMisty Fiords Natl Monument, AlaskaOld-man’s beard lichen Lobaria - N2 fixing, only in 100yr forestsTemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: mosses and ferns dominate inside forestTemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: mosses and ferns dominate inside forestDeer fern - Blechum spicantSinslaw Natl Forest, OregonTemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: 20 species of gymnosperms dominate forestThuja plicata (western redcedar), Abiesamabilis (silver fir), Tsuga heterophylla(western hemlock) west Cascades, WAThuja plicata (western redcedar)Taxus brevifolia - Pacific yewTemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: 20 species of gymnosperms dominate forestDouglas fir, 500-1000 yrs; 300 ft, 5-8 ftdbh; Cathedral Grove, Vancouver IslandNational Park boundary; w WATemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: 20 species of gymnosperms dominate forestbig-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)Olympic Natl. Park, WATemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverseTemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverseAlnus rubra (western or red alder) -N2 fixerPacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)Temperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverseRhododendron under canopy of Redwood(Sequoia)Temperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: angiosperm trees less diverseCalypso bulbosa (circumboreal)Spotted owl feeds on mice, tree voles,flying squirrelsTemperate Rainforests N California - S Alaska: endangered plant and animal speciesTemperate Rainforests S Chile: gymnosperm dominated forest with lichens, lianas, epiphytesValdivian rain forest: 41 - 43o SMagellanic rain forest: 43 - 56o SAraucaria araucana - monkey puzzleAraucaria conesTemperate Rainforests S Chile: Araucaria confined to temperate S. America and Austral-PacificTemperate Rainforests S Chile: other southern hemisphere gymnospermsFitzroya -Patagonian cypressPodocarpus - podocarp & fleshy coneTemperate Rainforests S Chile: Nothofagus (southern beeches) dominant angiospermNothofagus is another southernhemisphere distributed groupTemperate Rainforests S Chile: two other genera with temperate southern hemisphere distributionsLaurelia sempervirensMonimiaceae, ChileLaurelia philippina - Austral-PacificTemperate Rainforests S Chile: two other genera with temperate southern hemisphere distributionsEucryphia cordifoliaEucryphiaceae, ChileEucryphia glutinosaEucryphiaceae, ChileEucryphia lucidaEucryphiaceae, TasmaniaTemperate Rainforests S Chile: fungi and parasites common, especially on NothofagusMisodendrum parasiteCyttaria fungus Nothofagus menziesii at higher elevationsin New Zealand; covered with moss andUsnea lichensTemperate Rainforests SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New ZealandNothofagus on the slopes of Mt.Ruapehu (Mt. Doom) in New ZealandTemperate Rainforests SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New ZealandGymnosperms co-dominate withNothofagusPodocarpus dacrydioides - kahikateaTemperate Rainforests SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New ZealandGymnosperms co-dominate withNothofagusDacrydium (Podocarpaceae) ‘red pine’Podocarpus forest with broadleafMetrosideros umbellata (northern rata)Metrosideros - South Island, NZTemperate Rainforests SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand : MyrtaceaeEucalyptus regnans - mountain ash, TasmaniaTemperate Rainforests SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand : MyrtaceaeCyathea medullaris - 1 of 20 speciesof tree ferns in New ZealandTasmaniaTemperate Rainforests SW Australia, Tasmania, S Island - New Zealand : Tree
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