A forest has many layers of plant life. There are the small plants such as shrubs, moss, ferns, and lichens which grow quietly beneath the shadows of the tall trees.

The trees found in a temperate forest are called hardwoods. This means the trees loose their leaves in the winter. Their trunks are also made of a bark that is very hard.

Most of the trees are maple, birch, beech, oak, hickory, and sweet gum. There are many other types of trees found in the forest too.

A temperate forest also contains a few pine trees and other coniferous trees. The Taiga is usually found north of the temperate forests, but sometimes they overlap.

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