Alaska temperate rainforest map. The vast majority of alaskas coastal temperate rainforests are old growth consisting primarily of western hemlock sitka spruce mountain hemlock and alaska yellow cedar. Its part of the largest temperate rainforest region in the world. Mature coastal temperate rainforests are extraordinarily complex and stable habitats.
Status of alaskas. The hoh is one of the finest remaining examples of temperate rainforest in the united states and is one of the parks most popular destinations. An alaskan voyage to track ocean acidification.
These northern forests also differ in several ways. The alaskan temperate rainforest southeast alaska and rainforests to the south of juneau share a maritime climate and many of the same rainforest plant and animal species. Acrc director allison bidlack was interviewed for a hakai magazine article.
A map of the old growth on a section of the tongass national forest se. The tongass national forest t n e s in southeast alaska is the largest national forest in the united states at 167 million acres 68000 km 2most of its area is part of the temperate rain forest wwf ecoregion itself part of the larger pacific temperate rain forest wwf ecoregion and is remote enough to be home to many species of endangered and rare flora and fauna. 17 million acres of huge trees temperate rainforest jolting fjords booming waterfalls steep mountain peaks fascinating amounts of wildlife glistening glaciers and some of the rarest types of flora and fauna in the world.
Alaska coastal rainforest center home page. Any itinerary to the last frontier should include a trip to the temperate rainforest of southeast alaska. It stretches from central california to southeast alaska.
A map of southeast alaska. Nestled inside the tongass in southeast alaska is some of the lushest vegetation found anywhere on the planet. Temperate rainforests are a rare thing on the earth even without logging thin lines of green on a world map.
Natural history southeast alaska lies at the heart of the north american temperate rainforest a forest that extends in a narrow 2500 mile coastal strip from northern california along coastal british columbia and to the eastern edge of the kodiak archipelago in southcentral alaska. A coastal temperate rainforest occupies a necessarily narrow strip of land between an ocean and a mountain range. Coastal temperate rainforests are rare.