North American inland temperate rainforest

North American Inland Temperate Rainforest
Inland temperate rainforest of Moose Creek in Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho
Ecology
RealmNearctic
BiomeTemperate coniferous forests
Geography
Area70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)
Countries
States

The North American inland temperate rainforest is a 7 million hectare disjunct temperate rainforest spreading over parts of British Columbia in Canada as well as Washington, Idaho and Montana on the US side.[1] Its patches are located on the windward slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the Columbia Mountains, extending roughly over 1000km from 54° North to 45° North.[2] It is one of the largest inland temperate rainforests in the world.[3]

  1. ^ DellaSala, Dominick (2011). Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World. Ecology and Conservation. p. 82.
  2. ^ Goward, Trevor; Spribille, Toby (2005). "Lichenological evidence for the recognition of inland rain forests in western North America". Journal of Biogeography. 32 (7): 1210.
  3. ^ DellaSala, Dominick (2011). Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World. Ecology and Conservation. p. 82.