Long snowy winters and warm summers are common for coniferous forests. Deciduous forests are best known by the deciduous, or leaf dropping trees that are found there. These leaves change colors in the fall before falling to the ground in winter. Once these leaves fall, they easily rot, making a nice rich soil at the base of the tree. This is a great place for a variety of other plants to grow.
Deciduous forests receive more rain and less snow than coniferous forests.
The rainforest is quite different from the other two described here. The difference between the two is the latitude of their location . Rainforests get a large amount of rain and have trees with leaves that remain green and attached to the tree all year long. The section with the highest reaching tree tops in the rainforest is considered the canopy and can reach more than 100 feet into the air. The rainforest is home to an extremely diverse animal population with a variety of mammals, exotic birds, and insects.