Temperate rainforest

Western hemlock forest, Gwaii Haanas, Canada
alt=|thumb|Antarctic beech trees in Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
alt=|thumb|Tree ferns in temperate rainforest in Tasmania, Australia

Temperate rainforests are coniferous or broadleaf forests. They are in the temperate zone, and get heavy rain.

Temperate rainforest often occurs in areas which have an oceanic moist climate. They are very notable for their lichen.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66989115

In many ways, they are similar to tropical rainforests, but they are in areas that are not as warm.Alaback P.B. 1991. Comparative ecology of temperate rainforests of the Americas along analogous climatic gradients. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 64: 399–412.Floyd A. 1990. Australian Rainforests in New South Wales, Vol. 1. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW. ISBN 0949324302 

The conditions are very moist, and more open to light than a tropical rain forest. The lower levels of the forest have an understory. This means that, under the trees, fungi, moss, ferns, shrubs with berries grow. Lichens are common in temperate rain forests.

 Examples 
 Hyrcanian forest, on the south side of the Caspian Sea, shared between Iran and Azerbaijan
 Some forests in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria, and the west coast of Tasmania
 Some forests in New Zealand
 In a region called Colchis, shared between Turkey and Georgia
 Southeast Siberian rainforest in Russia
 On the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California
 Valdivian temperate rain forest, in Chile and Argentina

 Related pages 
 Tropical rainforest

 References 

Category:Habitats
Category:Rainforests