Temperate forests contain a mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees. Coniferous trees, or conifers, produce seed bearing cones, and most have leaves shapeed as needles. These forests have cold winters that halt plant growth for several months. In autumn, the deciduous trees shed thier leaves. In the spring small plants burst out of the ground and flower. Soils of temperate forests are often rich in humus, a material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter that makes soil fertile.
Temperate forests grow between the tropics and the polar regions in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
JONATHAN GEYER
JARED MYERS
Temperate forests contain a mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees. Coniferous trees, or conifers, produce seed bearing cones, and most have leaves shapeed as needles. These forests have cold winters that halt plant growth for several months. In autumn, the deciduous trees shed thier leaves. In the spring small plants burst out of the ground and flower. Soils of temperate forests are often rich in humus, a material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter that makes soil fertile.
Temperate forests grow between the tropics and the polar regions in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.