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Article: Forest, Temperate
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Forest, Temperate
Temperate forests occur in a latitudinal belt between tropical and boreal forests. Most of the world's temperate forests are in the Northern Hemisphere, although Southern Hemisphere occurrences are found in Chile, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.
North American temperate forests fall into six main groups: (1) temperate evergreen rain forests along the West Coast from California to Alaska, dominated by sitka spruce, western red cedar, and western hemlock; (2)
montane
evergreen forests of the western mountains, dominated by Douglas-fir, several species of true fir, spruce, and pine; (3) southeastern evergreen pine forests with longleaf and other pines; (4) ...