What is a TEMPERATE rainforest?

• There are temperate ones on the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska. They are the largest ones - 1200 miles! When the first settlers arrived there they found more than a million acres of it ... what's left? About 3%! Think about that...
• On the southeast coast of Chile, we find the next largest area.
• There are smaller strips in southern Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Norway and Japan.
• Trees here also tend to flare out at the base.
• Plants grow larger.
• Plant & animal life is very diverse... that's means there are many different types.
• They get about 100 inches of rain a year. If they are on the coast, a fog often hangs over the area.
• They are cooler in temperature.
• The same plants and animals do NOT exist in temperate rainforests as in the tropical ones, so don't go looking for macaws in Oregon forests!