What's a Deciduous Forest?

Temperate deciduous or temperate broad-leaf forests are a variety of temperate forest 'dominated' by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm moist summers and cool winters.

What is in a deciduous forest?

Deciduous forest, vegetation composed primarily of broad-leaved trees that shed all their leaves during one season. ... Deciduous forest also extends into more arid regions along stream banks and around bodies of water. For the deciduous forest of tropical regions, see monsoon forest.

Where are deciduous forests?

Deciduous temperate forests are located in the cool, rainy regions of the northern hemisphere (North America — including Canada, the United States, and central Mexico — Europe, and western regions of Asia — including Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, and parts of Russia).