Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest | Biomes of the World
Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Introduction: The Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest (TBDF) experiences four distinct seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn or Fall), whereas tropical deciduous forests generally have only two (wet and dry).
Boreal Forest (Taiga) | Biomes of the World - Radford University
A mixed needleleaf evergreen-broadleaf deciduous forest, the ecotone with the Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest. In the US, this southern ecotone is dominated by white pine ( Pinus strobus ), sugar maple ( Acer saccharum ), and American beech ( Fagus americanus ).
Pacific Coast Temperate Rainforests of North America
Broadleaf deciduous trees such as bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), red alder (Alnus rubra), vine maple (Acer circinatum), and black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) accompany the conifers. Mosses and lichens are abundant on the forest floor and on the trees.
Eastern Canada’s Temperate Rainforest | Biomes of the World
The boreal rainforest transitions into a temperate rainforest known in Canada as the Acadian Forest type. This is a mixed conifer-deciduous broadleaf forest dominated by red spruce ( P. rubens ). Mixed in are balsam fir, yellow birch ( B. alleghanensis ). heartleaf birch, red maple ( Acer rubrum ), and mountain ash ( Sorbus americana ).
Temperate Rainforest | Biomes of the World - Radford University
In the Southern Hemisphere, broadleaved evergreens emerge above a many-layered understory of both evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs. In the South American forests the genus Nothofagus (southern beeches) dominates.
Tropical Rainforest | Biomes of the World - Radford University
Where 5 to a maximum of 30 species of tree share dominance in the Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest, there may be 40 to 100 different species in one hectare of tropical rainforest. Tropical species of both plants and animals often have very restricted distribution areas.
Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests | Biomes of the World - Radford …
In Southeast Asia tropical seasonal forest occurs in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. A deciduous seasonal forest extends from approximately the Thailand-Malaysian border into the Isthmus of Kra. Most of lowland Java was once covered by seasonal forest.
Mediterranean Scrub | Biomes of the World - Radford University
The flora consists of many more deciduous species than are found in California’s chaparral and many species also have thorns. Overgrazing during the Spanish colonial period has been implicated in prevalence of these thorny, deciduous shrubs.
Amazon Rainforest | Biomes of the World - Radford University
Vegetation is dominated by a classic tropical broadleaf evergreen forest, but a variety of other plant communities also exist, including seasonally deciduous forest, open woodlands, grasslands, and wetlands.
Temperate Rainforests of South America | Biomes of the World
The temperate rainforests of South America evolved in isolation from those of North America and are characterized by broadleaf trees, especially members of the genus Nothofagus, the southern beeches. One third of woody species are endemic to the region.