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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
  • Canada
  • United States
States
  • British Columbia
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Washington

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.

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