What are Deciduous Woodlands Like?

Question 1

Where are deciduous woodlands?

Answer 1

Located between 40° and 60° north and south of the Equator.

Question 2

What is rainfall like in DW?

Answer 2

Rainfall is high – 500 to 1,500 mm a year.

Question 3

What is the temperature like in DW?

Answer 3

The temperatures remain on average above 0°C even
in the winter.
The summer temperatures average between 25 to 30°
C. The winter temperatures are cooler, encouraging the
trees to shed their leaves.

Question 4

What is the definition of deciduous?

Answer 4

Definition of deciduous: A tree that loses its leaves in Autumn and grows new ones in Spring.

Question 5

What is the stratification of DW?

Answer 5

Canopy
Sub-canopy
Ground and shrub layer

Question 6

What is in the canopy layer of DW?

Answer 6

Tips of the larger trees (between 30 and 40m)(oak and ash)
Rainfall bringing in nutrients
Sunlight

Question 7

What is in the sub-canopy layer of DW?

Answer 7

10-20m high
Middles of trees

Question 8

What is in the ground and shrub layer of DW?

Answer 8

Roots occupy different soil layers
Moss-litter, with herbs in less dense shade
Bedrock
Bare(leaves)
Bracken

Question 9

Adaptations of plants to DW?

Answer 9

Leaf fall comes early in years
They have both shallow roots to access nutrient-rich humus at the top of the soil, and deep roots to access nutrients that have been leached due to rainfall.
Thick bark protects the tree from frost and animals.