North America
- Northwestern coast from northern California to southern Alaska
- Forests from the Redwoods in California to Alaska's Kodiak Island, contain approximately half of the remaining worldwide
distribution of coastal temperate rain forests
- Areas:
- Olympic National Park, Washington
- Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
- Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
- Appalachian temperate rainforests, Eastern United States
South America
- Southern Chile
- Chile contains the southern hemisphere's largest coastal temperate rain forest.
- Areas:
- Valdivian and Magellanic temperate rainforests
New Zealand
- West coast of New Zealand's South Island and on the Australian island of Tasmania
- Areas:
- Fiordland temperate forests and Westland temperate forests
Smaller Areas
- Japan, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Iceland, Norway
- Areas:
- Japan: Taiheiyo evergreen forests
- United Kingdom: Atlantic Oakwood forest
- Africa: part of the Knysna-Amatole forests
Genera and Primary Productivity:
- Found largely between 40°N and 60°N of the equator
- Found in seasonal areas where winters are cool and summers are warm
- Variation
- "Caused by the title of the earth and the changes in the distance of latitude from the sun, this means that the productivity is lower than tropical rainforests. The mild climate and lower average temperatures and lower rainfall than that at the equator, reduces the level of photosynthesis and productivity, even if temperate rainforests have the second highest NPP.
(source, Pearson ESS Book)
- The NPP depends on levels of heat, moisture, nutrients, competition, sunlight, age and health of plants,
- The NPP increases as you move closer to the equator and decreases away from the equator.
- The temperate rainforests are located somewhat in between suggesting a moderate to lower NPP
- Mean Net Primary Production
- Temperate Rainforest = around 0.8 kg/sq m/yr, however temperate rainforests have a higher biomass
- Northwestern coast from northern California to southern Alaska
- Forests from the Redwoods in California to Alaska's Kodiak Island, contain approximately half of the remaining worldwide
distribution of coastal temperate rain forests
- Areas:
- Olympic National Park, Washington
- Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
- Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
- Appalachian temperate rainforests, Eastern United States
South America
- Southern Chile
- Chile contains the southern hemisphere's largest coastal temperate rain forest.
- Areas:
- Valdivian and Magellanic temperate rainforests
New Zealand
- West coast of New Zealand's South Island and on the Australian island of Tasmania
- Areas:
- Fiordland temperate forests and Westland temperate forests
Smaller Areas
- Japan, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Iceland, Norway
- Areas:
- Japan: Taiheiyo evergreen forests
- United Kingdom: Atlantic Oakwood forest
- Africa: part of the Knysna-Amatole forests
Genera and Primary Productivity:
- Found largely between 40°N and 60°N of the equator
- Found in seasonal areas where winters are cool and summers are warm
- Variation
- "Caused by the title of the earth and the changes in the distance of latitude from the sun, this means that the productivity is lower than tropical rainforests. The mild climate and lower average temperatures and lower rainfall than that at the equator, reduces the level of photosynthesis and productivity, even if temperate rainforests have the second highest NPP.
(source, Pearson ESS Book)
- The NPP depends on levels of heat, moisture, nutrients, competition, sunlight, age and health of plants,
- The NPP increases as you move closer to the equator and decreases away from the equator.
- The temperate rainforests are located somewhat in between suggesting a moderate to lower NPP
- Mean Net Primary Production
- Temperate Rainforest = around 0.8 kg/sq m/yr, however temperate rainforests have a higher biomass
Citation: http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/primaryP.html
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