coastal rainforests
Wet shore woodlands
Coastal rainforests are temperate rainforests occurring along ocean margins, where maritime climate and high precipitation support dense, moss-draped vegetation.
They differ from tropical rainforests in temperature and species composition, featuring conifers and broad-leafed evergreens rather than palms and lianas.
The Pacific Northwest coast from Alaska to Northern California hosts one of the world's largest coastal rainforest ecosystems.
- epiphytesPlants growing on others
- carbon sinksSystems absorbing atmospheric CO2
- Pacific NorthwestCoastal American region, northward
- canopy layerForest's uppermost leafy stratum
- mossesSmall spore-bearing plants
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Abandons or barren lands
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Extremely cold, dry biomes
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