Earth Floor: Biomes: Deciduous Forest: Plants

Site contains information on deciduous forest animals and animal adaptations. Offers links to biomes, a biome summary, how to read a climograph, arctic tundra and more.

Learn all about the Deciduous Temperate Forest biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.

General description of the U.S. temperate deciduous forest with photos and long list of deciduous trees found in this biome.

Thorough description of the deciduous forest. Location map, climate, vegetation, and animals. Lots of photographs.

Characteristics of the deciduous forest biome. Distribution, climate, soil, vegetation, and animals. Includes a map that shows where deciduous forests are located around the globe.

At this site from the Evergreen Project of the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can discover what the temperate deciduous forest is like, where it is located, and much more. There are links to other temperate forest sites also.

This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra.

Tutorial on deciduous tree identification. Diagrams and descriptions of the four major deciduous tree groups.

This site from the Penn State University provides photos and brief descriptions of trees found in the eastern U.S. deciduous forests. Scientific and common tree names.

From Chapter 9 of a textbook on physical geography that covers the biosphere. Important vocabulary is highlighted and linked to a glossary. It explains the characteristics of a biome, and describes the features of the eight different...