Climate of Old-Growth Forests: |
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The climate of old growth forests can vary, even around Australia. In areas such as Queensland, rainfall and flooding is more common than in areas like the Jarrah forests of Western Australia; however, any forest needs three things: light, CO2, and rainfall. The old-growth forests in Australia have to survive in a large variety of climates; heat in an excess of 40 degrees and lack of heat going down to single digits.
Some forests in Australia have actually managed to use normally destructive events such as fires to spread their seeds across an area, and as such Australian forests can be very adaptable to temperature.
Some forests in Australia have actually managed to use normally destructive events such as fires to spread their seeds across an area, and as such Australian forests can be very adaptable to temperature.
Animals and creatures found in this biome:
Old-Growth forests in Australia contain over half of Australia’s butterfly species, and a third of the marsupial and frog species; birds and reptiles aren’t to be discounted, as both can be found in variety in Old-Growth forests.
Most reptiles found in forests are snakes, with some lizards; in rainforests, possums, kangaroos and carnivorous marsupials are the common marsupials.
The number of frogs and butterflies is rather large, with a good number of the butterflies being moths and the species of frogs being quite numerous too.
Quite a lot of the birds found in Australian forests are only found in Tropical Queensland, with the others being spread quite evenly around Tasmania and the eastern regions of Australia.
Most reptiles found in forests are snakes, with some lizards; in rainforests, possums, kangaroos and carnivorous marsupials are the common marsupials.
The number of frogs and butterflies is rather large, with a good number of the butterflies being moths and the species of frogs being quite numerous too.
Quite a lot of the birds found in Australian forests are only found in Tropical Queensland, with the others being spread quite evenly around Tasmania and the eastern regions of Australia.