Benefits Of A Deciduous Forest

On September 17th, 2015 our group went on the Orange Trail of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens, Georgia to collect data for our lab. The biome of this area that we explored fit a temperate deciduous forest type. We walked along the trail and picked random spots to start measuring our transects. We measured DBH size and canopy coverage at 10, 20, 30, and 40 meters respectively along each transect for a total of six transects. We used a densitometer to measure the percent of canopy coverage of the tree closest to the center of the sampling points along each of the transects. We used a measuring tape to measure out 10, 20, 30, and 40 meters respectively along each of the six

The Deciduous Forest, also known as the temperate forest, is the home of many wild animals. With the weather reaching up to 95 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and the precipitation ranging from 30-60 inches a year it is the perfect habitat for many animals and plants. In the Deciduous Forest, you can find: oak and maple trees, shrubs, bear, deer, skunk, rabbits, birds, etc… Located in the Eastern United States and Europe, these animals depend on the Deciduous Forest for their homes. When we go into these forests and cut down these trees, we are cutting down the homes of many living organisms. Without trees to use as shelter, camouflage, or a source of food, many of these harmless animals will die and soon become extinct due to our lack of care and own self-interest.

Every forest has a story to tell. By looking closely at its habitants, that story can be interpreted. Much of this narrative is written in the trees: their age, their tolerance to shade, and the rate at which they grow are all characteristics that can imply a lot about their environment. Exploring these relationships and how they connect with each other can indicate the health and history of the land. Heiberg Forest, located in northern New York, was once used for agricultural purposes in the 1800-1900’s. (Nowak, Lecture Notes) Much of the land once used for farming was left to regrow back into a young forest. The life history of different tree species can be determined by examining the most common species in Heiberg.

The scale and pace of change is dramatic; for example, the extinction of species is occurring at around 100-fold pre-human rates4. The population sizes of vertebrate species have, on average, declined by half over the last 45 years5. More than 2.3 million km2 of primary forest has been felled since 20006. About

In fallen Forests by Lydia Huntley Sigourney, she discusses how men are destroying forests and how large sections of trees are being decimated by careless individuals. She expresses how the trees have created and done so much for the ecosystem from which they live and at some point in time the civilization will realize the depth of their destruction. She describes how this action not only effects the animals

The topography of the island is also of note. The west end of the island features a closed-canopy forest with more hardwood trees. The east end of the island is better characterized as a “boreal forest,” a term used to describe regions that are mostly covered by coniferous forests. It is good to note that the balsam fir is found on both ends of the island, but that samples used in the study from the west end of the island were, on average, older, but shorter, than those samples found on the east side of the island.

The ancient forests of the Northeast aren’t the only aspect of the bioregion that’s fate have been at perpetual risk since the early settlement of Europeans. There is no question that forests still dominate the landscape of Northeastern region accounting for “60% of the total land area, and in New England alone, the coverage is 80%”. Still the species that exist within the understory of the forests have undergone an equally dramatic transformation because of human interaction with the land and the harvest of its resources. Some species in the understory of the mixed forests of the Northeast have been driven out of the region, are under intense ecological pressure, are on the brink of extinction, or have already gone extinct in the region. Perhaps one of the most harmful and impactful effects colonization of the Northeast has had on the resources of the land is the introduction of non-native species and diseases into the region. Over time the overall makeup of the forests have changed drastically as an example, “…the American chestnut once made up as much as 25% of the trees in some areas and was economically the most important hardwood in the Eastern forests”. The introduction of chestnut blight at the turn of the century accounts for

There are a variety of organisms that inhabit this region. The most common tree species, all deciduous, are the white birch, dwarf birch, and willow. Animal species include, but are not limited to, the woodland caribou, polar bear, arctic fox, arctic hare, Canadian geese, snow geese, willow ptarmigan, and several species of duck.

All reading is conducted orally with corresponding pictures, and various activities and graphic organizers are completed whole class and individually throughout the reading process. This module contains nine lessons and covers the following habitats: Arctic (Arctic tundra and Arctic Ocean), Sonoran Desert, East African savanna, temperate deciduous forest (Great Smoky Mountains), tropical rainforest (Amazon rainforest), freshwater, and saltwater, as well as habitat destruction and endangered

Forest ecosystems cover around 31% of our land across the world; they produce vital supplies from oxygen to logs for the production of paper and furniture such as tables.

Oh, you don't know too much about trees, do you? Well let me tell you that trees are amazing, and I mean, we literally breathe the air they are creating, and they clean up our pollution, our carbon, store and purify water, give us medicine that cures ours diseases and food that feeds us.

A forest is filled is diverse types of vegetation with in the forest such as mosses, ferns, and wild

Walking into the primary woodlands of the Heiberg forest you immediately notice the immense amount of plant diversity. Along the trees I was able to spot different types of ferns that blanketed the small mounds of dirt, which were also home to enormous sugar maple trees. The bumpy nature of the ground proved that the land I was walking on had not been clear-cut and plowed, but, strangely enough, left alone. As we continued along going deeper into the forest, the slight elevations in ground level began to smooth out, and the amount of plant diversity decreased and changed from sugar maples to spruces. Not only was there a difference in species, but the order in which the trees were planted gave way to the secondary woodlot. The height of trees was noticeably different, which can have effect on the species closer to the surface. Due to the high demand in the northeast for agricultural and logging purposes, the structure and composition of the Heiberg forest has changed considerably. Early colonialism in America resulted in deforestation of the land in order to provide the imperialistic Europe with the resources they desired. This desire most likely stemmed from the overuse of their own land.

In the forest there are many animals and plants, and they all work together. In source #3 it says ”Think about an oak tree in the forest. It is a home to the bugs and birds that live in its bark and branches, to squirrels.” Trees are homes to many forest animals. Another example in source #3 there is the oak tree. When an acorn on an oak tree gets ripe it falls and it is a source of food to deer, mice and squirrels so they can fatten up for the long winter. And in the spring hawk swoops down look for a rodent

Environmental issues affect every life on this planet from the smallest parasite to the human race. There are many resources that humans and animal needs to survive; some of the most obvious resources come from the forests. Forests make up a large percentage of the globe. The forests have global implications not just on life but on the quality of it. Trees improve the quality of the air that species breath, determine rainfall and replenish the atmosphere. The wood from the forests are used everyday form many useful resources. Moreover, thinning the forests increases the amount of available light, nutrients and water for the remaining trees. Deforestation (forest thinning) is one of the most