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﻿﻿﻿﻿The Word Deciduous means "Falling off of or out of a certain season".

-The Deciduous Forest is found in the Temperate Zone,where climate and sunlight vary outrageously between each season
=== __Land and Climate__ -10,000 years ago it was covered with glaciers.Soil is rich, the forest has moderate precipitation and long growing seasons. The average temperature year round is 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius, temperature range in the winter time is freezing to below 0. ===

 Plants -**Some plants include the American Beech which grows in rich, deep, moist, well drained soil, There is also the Guelder Rose which grows best in low altitudes and grows in heavy clay, the Tawny Milkcap Mushroom is edible!!!, The northern arrow wood, dark green leaves with spiky edges, and last but not least the White Oak which has whitish bark.**
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===** Animals of the Decidous Forest - **The Least Weasel has sharp claws which are used for hunting, The Coyote can weigh up to 15 to 44 pounds, The Duckbill platypus about half the size of a fat dormouse, White-tailed Deer which it's fur is grayish, and last but not least the Fat dormouse which has 21 different species of its kind. ===


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=== Human Impact on the Deciduous alnd -Alot of deciduous forest have lost land to farms and towns. People are trying to protect the forest but some poachers are trying to kill the animals that live within the forest. The animals and plants are losing their homes because of people building homes there. ===


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