Eco-Cache Deciduous Forest #1 Letterbox Hybrid
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Eco-Cache Deciduous Forest #1
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There is a little off-street parking spot close to the trail - if you don't want to park on the street. Begin at the bed of black rocks, facing the trail. About 50 Haley paces (5'7" female) up the trail, look to your right for the Closest and Largest Pin Oak. If you go too far on the trail, you may end up watching a tennis match.
This is our very first eco-cache, and we've placed it as a dual letterbox. We've placed this in a deciduous forest biome. This spot also served as the start of our biome "hiker dude" traveling bug (GJDFFK) - see below for his mission. To learn more about our mission as a team, go to www.untamedscience.com. To learn more about this biome, we have videos on our site, or you can read about it below: …
About this Biome:
Deciduous forests can be found in the eastern half of North America, and the middle of Europe. There are many deciduous forests in Asia. Some of the major areas that they are in are southwest Russia, Japan, and eastern China. South America has two big areas of deciduous forests in southern Chile and Middle East coast of Paraguay. There are deciduous forests located in New Zealand, and southeastern Australia also.
The average annual temperature in a deciduous forest is 50° F. The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year.
The deciduous forest has four distinct seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In the autumn the leaves change color. During the winter months the trees lose their leaves.
The animals adapt to the climate by hibernating in the winter and living off the land in the other three seasons. The animals have adapted to the land by trying the plants in the forest to see if they are good to eat for a good supply of food. Also the trees provide shelter for them. Animal use the trees for food and a water sources. Most of the animals are camouflaged to look like the ground.
The plants have adapted to the forests by leaning toward the sun. Soaking up the nutrients in the ground is also a way of adaptation.
A lot of deciduous forests have lost land to farms and towns. Although people are trying to protect the forests some poachers are trying to kill the animals in the forests. The animals are losing their homes because of people building their homes.
Biome Hiker Dude
This traveling bug has been set out on a mission by the crew of UnamtedScience.com to find a hiding spot in all of the world's major terrestrial biomes, take a picture of it there and post it. We've started this biome out in a deciduous forest biome. The goal is to get it to the following biomes.
Tundra
Taiga (Boreal Forest)
Temperate Grasslands
Deciduous forest
Chaparral
Desert
Desert Scrub
Savanna
Rainforests
Alpine
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