coastal rainforest
Seaside wet jungle
A coastal rainforest is a temperate rainforest growing near ocean coastlines, where maritime moisture and mild temperatures support dense, wet vegetation year-round.
These forests occur in the Pacific Northwest, Chile, New Zealand, and similar regions: The coastal rainforest dripped with moss and ferns.
Distinguished from tropical rainforests by cooler temperatures and dominance of conifers or broadleaf evergreens.
- epiphytesPlants growing on others
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- nurse logDecomposing trunk supporting seedlings
- microclimateLocalized atmospheric zone
mosses · rain · wolves · spirit bear · precipitation · British Columbia · root · watershed · salmon · salmon run · old growth · cedar · tree canopy · biodiversity hotspots · humidity · endemic · fog · lichens
- coastscliffs, shoreline, sandy shore, coves, bays
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- Canadian ecosystemstaiga, tundra, prairies, Canadian Shield, muskeg
- Western CanadaAlberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Edmonton, Calgary
- Canadian GeographyAlberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland
- Oregon CoastNewport, Seaside, Florence, Brookings, Gold Beach
coastal rainforestdesert
To leave behind completely
hot desert · Sahara Desert · Mojave Desert · dryland · sand dunes
coastal rainforestbare rock
Exposed stone surface
polar desert · salt flat · open desert · tundra · hardpan