AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Trees are mostly broadleaf tree species including oaks (Quercus), hickories (Carya), maples (Acer), and beeches (Fagus), and commonly a diverse community of multiple strata of understory trees and shrubs, perennial herbs, and mosses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ash, beech, and oak trees are found in temperate deciduous forests.

Detailed explanation-3: -Temperate deciduous forests can be found in the eastern part of the United States and Canada, most of Europe and parts of China and Japan. The temperate deciduous forest is a biome that is always changing. It has four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. Winters are cold and summers are warm.

Detailed explanation-4: -Temperate evergreen forests Vegetation includes coniferous-evergreen tree species that produce cones and needles, dominated by spruce (Picea), pine (Pinus), fir (Abies), and hemlock (Tsuga) species, and the trees retain at least some of their needles year-round.

Detailed explanation-5: -Temperate Deciduous forests are found towards higher latitudes. These are found in the northeastern part of USA, China, New Zealand, Chile and also found in the coastal regions of Western Europe. They shed their leaves in the dry season. The common trees are oak, ash, beech, etc.