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  2. Evergreen forest - Wikipedia

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    An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus , live oak , acacias , magnolia , and banksia in more temperate zones, and rainforest trees in tropical zones.

  3. Temperate forest - Wikipedia

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    Areas of the globe with a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest biome, according to the WWF. A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, located in the temperate zone. It is the second largest terrestrial biome, covering 25% [1] of the world's forest area, only behind the boreal forest, which covers

  4. Temperate rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Temperate rainforests occur in the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests ecoregions. The Valdivian rainforests are home to a variety of broadleaf evergreen trees, like Aextoxicon punctatum , Eucryphia cordifolia , and southern beech ( Nothofagus ), but include many conifers as well, notably Alerce ( Fitzroya ...

  5. Temperate coniferous forest - Wikipedia

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    A pine forest is an example of a temperate coniferous forest Forest communities dominated by huge trees (e.g., giant sequoia, Sequoiadendron gigantea ; redwood, Sequoia sempervirens ), unusual ecological phenomena, occur in western North America, southwestern South America, as well as in the Australasian region in such areas as southeastern ...

  6. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests - Wikipedia

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    Extent of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests An example of temperate broadleaf and mixed forest in La Mauricie National Park, Quebec.. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions.

  7. List of old-growth forests - Wikipedia

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    Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests, Taiheiyo evergreen forests: subtropical and temperate rainforest: Japan: Kasugayama Primeval Forest: Taiheiyo evergreen forests: Malaysia: Belum-Temengor [3] Peninsular Malaysian rain forests: Malaysia: Danum Valley: Borneo lowland rain forests: Malaysia: Taman Negara: Peninsular Malaysian rain ...

  8. File:Last Glacial Maximum Vegetation Map.svg - Wikipedia

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    Broadleaved temperate evergreen forest Bosque siempreverde templado de hojas anchas Montane tropical forest Bosque tropical montano Open boreal woodlands Bosque boreal abierto Semi-arid temperate woodland or scrub Sabana arbolada o matorral templado semi-árido Tundra Tundra Steppe-tundra Estepa-tundra Polar and alpine desert

  9. New England–Acadian forests - Wikipedia

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    The New England-Acadian forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion in North America that includes a variety of habitats on the hills, mountains and plateaus of New England and New York State in the Northeastern United States, and Quebec and the Maritime Provinces of Eastern Canada.