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The Lost Rainforests of Britain is a non-fiction book by British author and environmental campaigner Guy Shrubsole. The book explores the existence and ecological importance of temperate rainforests in Britain, sometimes referred to as Celtic rainforests, which are often overlooked or forgotten. Shrubsole aims to raise awareness about these ...
The Caledonian Forest is the ancient temperate forest of Scotland. The forest today is a reduced-extent version of the pre-human-settlement forest, existing in several dozen remnant areas . The Scots pines of the Caledonian Forest are directly descended from the first pines to arrive in Scotland following the Late Glacial ; arriving about 7000 BC .
A Celtic rainforest, also known as a temperate or Atlantic rainforest or woodland, [1] is found in areas with "high oceanicity", those that are highly influenced by the sea. These areas are characterised by high rainfall and humidity, but also low yearly variation in temperature.
These woodlands are also variously referred to as Atlantic rainforest, Upland Oakwoods, Atlantic Oakwoods or Western Oakwoods. Today, the Celtic Rainforest exists as small fragments of the temperate rainforest that once covered much of Ireland and the west coast of Great Britain. The majority of these fragments occur on steep-sided slopes above ...
rare warm temperate/cool temperate "Overlap Rainforest" Australia: Blue Tier, Tasmania: 100 hectares (250 acres) [8] Tasmanian temperate rain forests: myrtle canopy, unusually diverse understorey for temperate rainforest (celery top pine, waratah, sassafras, tree fern), threatened Simson's Stag Beetle. Australia: Styx Forest, Tasmania
A portion of the temperate rain forest region of North America, the largest area of temperate zone rainforests on the planet, is the Pacific temperate rain forests ecoregion, which occur on west-facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North America, from Kodiak Island in Alaska to northern California, and are part of the Nearctic realm.
[5] [3] With fencing in place, he observed the native forest regenerating, in the form of a temperate rainforest, with epiphytes on many trees. [5] He maintains the greater part of the farm in a rewilding state, while managing other parts as a "High Nature Value" (HNV) farm.
[4]: 12 The range of woodland and mosaic of habitats at Taynish NNR also gives rise to a large breeding bird community, including six UK Biodiversity Action Plan species: reed bunting, spotted flycatcher, skylark, bullfinch, linnet and song thrush. Golden eagles, sea eagles and osprey have also been seen over the Taynish peninsula. [4]: 12