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References, citations.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/gardenerdy.com/deciduous-forest-plants.amp - plants

https://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm- climate, countries and continents

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/temperateforest.html - precipitation, climate, Temperature, seasons

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/596396201704685570- eastern chipmunk

 https://www.google.com/amp/s/petponder.com/eastern-cottontail-rabbit-adaptations.amp- Eastern cottontail

https://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bobcat_taiga.htm- Bob Cat

https://defenders.org/forest/types-forests- Threats

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Why someone would want to visit this biome?

I think people would only want to visit this biome is to see the animals and nature and some people like to take pictures.

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Deciduous Forest Biome map

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This is a picture of what the acid looks like in the forest rain.

Threats: Acid rain caused by industrial and vehicular emissions poses the biggest threat to temperate deciduous forests. Over time, acid rain damages tree leaves, causes trees to produce fewer and smaller seeds and reduces resistance to disease.

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The bobcat is a North American cat that appeared during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago. Containing 2 recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to central Mexico, including most of the contiguous United States.

Adaptions: teeth for hunting and fur that is camouflage

Animal name: Bobcat

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Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the eastern United States.

Adaptions: venomous

Animal name: Northern Copperhead

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The eastern cottontail is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is the most common rabbit species in North America.

Adaptions: it's thin ears release extra body heat and good at playing dead.

Animal name: Eastern Cottontail

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The eastern chipmunk is a chipmunk species found in eastern North America. It is the only living member of the chipmunk subgenus Tamias, sometimes recognised as a separate genus. The name "chipmunk" comes from the Ojibwe word ajidamoo, which translates literally as "one who descends trees headlong."

Adaptions: there fur acts like camouflage

Animal name: Eastern chipmunk

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Ilex mucronata, the mountain holly or catberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Minnesota, and south to Maryland and West Virginia.

Adaptions:

Ilex aquifolium has adapted well to the dry and cold environments that it resides in. Most of these adaptations have taken place in the leaves of the tree. English Holly leaves have developed an edge covered with several spines to protect against predation.

Plant name: Mountain holly

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Rubus phoenicolasius is an Asian species of raspberry in the rose family, native to China, Japan, and Korea. The species was introduced to Europe and North America as an ornamental plant and for its potential in breeding hybrid raspberries.

Adaptions: They have very sharp thorns around the berries that protect them

Plant name: Japanese Wineberry

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Buddleja, or Buddleia, commonly known as the butterfly bush, is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas

Adaptions: can live near riversides and can develop roots on branches that have been buried.

Plant name: Butterfly bush

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Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsuji and Pentanthera. Azaleas bloom in the spring, their flowers often lasting several weeks. Shade tolerant, they prefer living near or under trees. They are part of the family Ericaceae.

Adaptions: can withstand the freezing temperatures and can adapt to any wether basically.

Plant name: Azalea

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Climate, Temperature, Precipitation, Seasons.

Deciduous forest has a moist continental climate

The natural temperature is generally mild at a solid °50

Rainfall is usually 30 to 60 inches

There is a normal of 4 seasons ( Winter, Summer, Spring, Fall)