Biotic Factors Of Deciduous Forest

The definition of Deciduous is a tree that has falling leaves so, a deciduous forest is a forest that loses its leaves when the time comes which is around autumn and winter depending on the tree. These forest are truly amazing because, they have the ability to change their leave color based off of the season they are in. Also the changing leaves create a beautiful artistic vibe to their forest making it not only colorful but mesmerizing. Most if not all the deciduous forest biomes are in isolated locations giving them their try uniqueness in both plants and animals. There are many abiotic and biotic factors that are located in this biome such as: oak, maple, hickory, sweet gum, and Mongolia trees along with lichen, ferns and shrubs. Some other …show more content…
Some of the biotic factors of the biome are but not limited to: Lichen, moss, ferns, wild flowers, shrubs, maple trees, oak trees, birch trees, spruce trees, pine trees, spiders slugs, frogs, turtles, salamanders, beetles and much more. All of these organisms are absolutely amazing and each and every one of them has an important role to play in the act of furthering the live span of the deciduous forests. Every aspect of what they do is important from what they eat to when they die and if that cycle gets disturbed in any way it could devastating to hundreds of plants and …show more content…
This change is called succession or, the evolution of biomes. The creation of the deciduous biome is mostly thanks to lichens and rocks. The forests are mostly made up of sedimentary rocks and, these sedimentary rocks are broken down over time by the acid that is given off when a lichen is attached to it. This cycle of breaking down rocks creates a very fertile soil which is great for small grass and weeds to grow in. Once the weeds and grass die they add more nutrient to the soil making it even richer than it was before, allowing the growth of small bushes and trees. Small to medium sized animals start to live in this area causing more decomposition and more nutrient soil. This cycle of life and death creates very fertile soil allowing large trees to form and thus our deciduous forest