What does mixed forests mean?

What does mixed forests mean?

Mixed forest, a vegetational transition between coniferous forest and broad-leaved deciduous forest, especially in the Northern Hemisphere. “Mixed forest” also may denote a forest with two or more dominant tree species.

What does a temperate forest mean?

A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, located in the temperate zone. ... Due to its large size spanning several continents, there are several main types: deciduous, coniferous, mixed forest and rainforest.

What animals can you find in a deciduous forest?

Deciduous Forest: Animals A wide variety of mammals, birds, insects, and reptiles can be found in a deciduous forest biome. Mammals that are commonly found in a deciduous forest include bears, raccoons, squirrels, skunks, wood mice, and, in the U.S., deer can be found in these forests.

What do you call a forest floor?

The forest floor, also called detritus, duff and the O horizon, is one of the most distinctive features of a forest ecosystem. It mainly consists of shed vegetative parts, such as leaves, branches, bark, and stems, existing in various stages of decomposition above the soil surface.

Whats a good name for a forest?

forest

• jungle.
• park.
• thicket.
• timber.
• wood.
• woodland.
• coppice.
• grove.

What is the another name for Forest?

What is another word for forest?

woodland	woods
copse	forestland
forestry	jungle
thicket	timber
timberland	backwoods

Is Forest a name?

Forest is both a surname and a given name.