Temperate Rainforest Biome This is a small biome in terms of | Upsc Environment

Temperate Rainforest Biome

This is a small biome in terms of area covered. The main stretch of this habitat is along the northwestern coast of North America from northern California through southern Alaska.

There are also small areas in southern Chile, New Zealand, Australia and a few other places around the world.

Big coniferous trees dominate this habitat, including Douglas fir, Western red cedar, Mountain hemlock, Western hemlock, Sitka spruce and Lodgepole pine.

In addition to the trees, mosses and lichens are very common, often growing as epiphytes.

Grizzly bears are the common mammals found in Alaska.