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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.
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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 rivers and lakes which have avoided clearance and intensive grazing pressure.
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest: Abies alba, Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica: Croatia: Klepina Duliba Old Growth forest 118 hectares (290 acres) Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest: Abies alba,Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica: Italy: Valle Cervara 50 hectares (120 acres) Oldest beech forest in Europe [11] temperate broadleaf and mixed ...
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.
[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