Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest

Speaking for the trees of the Eastern United States

TBDF…WTF?

Biome

Planet Earth: Home to 14 Biomes

• TemperateModerate climate lacking extremes

• BroadleafHaving broad flat leaves

• DeciduousTending to fall off, like the leaves in

autumn

• ForestLots & lots of trees

Where’s the TBDF

North American TBDF

Salamanders:

25 species in 5 families in Ohio

Freshwater mollusk: At one time 300 species; declining rapidly

Crayfish: 18 species in Ohio

Fauna

Flora 1

beechoak

chestnut

maplehickory

Flora 2

What we have

WE HAVE A CHANCE.

WE HAVE A CHANCE

Arc of Appalachia Preserve System

Preserving America’s

Eastern Deciduous Forest

Arc of appalachia region

Acquisitions since 1995

Chalet Nivale Preserve: 101 acres

Ohio Bluffs: 62 acres

Kamama Prairie: 78 acres72 species of butterflies

Cave Canyon

Creation of many people against great odds

Volunteers from OSU

3staff, volunteers, donors

Donor gathering

Independently empowered๏ Independently-working & empowered

individuals

๏ is the key

๏ to a successful grass-roots work force.

Lorax