Temperate+Forest+Plants

= Temperate Deciduous Forest Plants =

__** American Beech **__ Grows in the Southern and eastern parts of the United States. Grows all over in Maine and Northern Massachusetts. It grows in deep, rich, moist, well-drained soils. It can grow to be 90 to 100 feet high and 50 to 70 feet wide. Has bark that is smooth, pale,, and gray. Has leaves that are bright green and are about three inches in length. Has shallow roots and likes bottom land and upland soil. __** Carpet Moss **__ Are simple, rootless evergreen plants. Can live in a wide variety of habitats, but are most often found covering the covering the ground, growing on stream beds, and on the base of trees in deciduous woodlands. Grow in eastern North America and Europe. In the Spring this carpet moss is golden green, and turns dark green as it gets older. Grows in Europe, The British Isles, and the USA. Can live up to 500 years. Can grow up to 120-130 feet high. The lower branches arch out, giving the tree an upside-down pyramid look. The leaves grow singly along the stem and are not opposite each other, about 4-7 inches wide. They are roundish heart shaped with small, fine-toothed edges. Their color is dull, dark green color above and lighter green underneath. __** Guelder Rose **__ Prefer to grow at low altitudes and in semi-shade in scotland and England. It is found in the Agricultural zones 3 to 8 in the United States. It can grow in heavy clay and acidic soil. It was first cultivated in Gelderland, a Dutch province, then introduced to England. It is native to the woodlands of European deciduous forest, which is found on the edges of woods, hedgerows and marshes. __**Lady Fern**__ People might use these for decorating their homes, although they are not usually found in the house. They are found in the wild, especially in deciduous and tiaga of North America and Eurasia. Lady Fern can grow to be 24 to 36 inches tall. Has leaves that are about 24 to 30 inches long and 6 to 9 inches wide. In the wild, they can be found growing in meadows, open thickets, moist woods, along stream beds, and sometimes in cracks rocks. __** Northern Arrowwood **__ Has leaves that grow opposite of each other on the stem which are dark green oval shaped. Leaves are about 4 inches long and 3 inches wide. Has small white to pink flowers in flat-topped clusters about 4 inches across which bloom from May to June. Has fruit that is blue-black in color and are 1/2 inches across. Has bark that is grey and smooth.. These arrowwoods are found in the deciduous biome. Grows from New Brunswick and Sourthern Ontario, to south-east New York, Northern Ohio and Michigan __** Pecan **__ These trees are found in North America. These trees can grow to 180 feet high. bark is pale grey and whitish brown, scaly, and deeply furrowed. Leaves grow in groups f 11-17. the width of the leaves are 3 inches. Full grown leaf is about 5 inches long. __** Shagbark Hickory **__ Is found in the wild especially in the Eastern forests of the United States. Is a tree that has ashy gray bark that separates in long strips and that give the tree its shaggy look. Can grow to be 100 feet tall, with branches that can spread to 25 feet. The leaves are compound and alternate, with five or seven broad, toothed leaflets. The leaves can grow to be 10 inches long and 5 inches broad Are found in southern Canada and the eastern United States. In japan it is known as chichitake and is used to make a flavorful broth. This mushroom is edible for people to eat. The cap of this mushroom is 2 to 5 inches wide. It is orange-brown. It looks like a inside out umbrella. __** White Birch **__ This tree can grow up to 70 to 80 feet in height. These trees only have 140 years to live. This tree has bark that peels really easily and is marked by narrow horizontal stripes. White Birch is found in Newfoundland, Labrador, Canada, and from New England to North Carolina in the United States. Where it is Cold. These trees are found in the eastern United States and grow from seacoasts to mountain slopes. These trees are not endangered. Trees can grow to be 80 to 100 feet tall, 3 to 4 feet in diameter around the trunk, and can spread to be 50 to 80 feet. It can live to be 500 to 600 years old. In May and early June the male flowers appear in slender catkins. The female flowers are not seen by the naked eye. The nuts are eaten by squirrels, chipmunks, and deer.
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