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We are an environmental science course at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, NJ, taught by Mrs. T. We'll be blogging about environmental issues all term, so please stay tuned!

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Subtropical Rainforest

Facts
- Divided into 3 layers Canopy, Understory, and forest floor.
- High level of rainfall
- Annual temperature varies from -86 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit depending on their location.
- Half of the worlds species live here.
- Largest forest is located in North America.
- Dominated by evergreen, and decidous trees.
- A tree can grow 75 feet in height in the span of 5 years.
- Most of these forest are threaten by humans due to deforestation for farm land.

Animal species:
Bears, Bandicoots, Koalas, Wallabies, Owls, Insects, etc...

Plant species:
Coniferous trees, Deciduous trees, Red Cedar, Orange Thorn, Steelwood, Giant peper vine, Cunjevoi, etc...

By: Frank Valente, and Marcos Nuñez

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