Cascade Mountains forest ecoregion

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The Cascade Mountains forest ecoregion is a temperate coniferous forest zone spanning the Cascade Range, characterized by dense evergreen forests, high precipitation, and rich biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest of North America.

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Label Occurrences
Cascade Mountains forest ecoregion canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion
temperate coniferous forest
biome temperate coniferous forest
borderedBy Pacific Ocean coastal ecoregions
interior mountain ecoregions
containsProtectedArea Crater Lake National Park
Mount Rainier National Park
North Cascades National Park
country Canada
United States
extendsInto British Columbia
Northern California
Oregon
Washington
hasCharacteristic dense forests
high precipitation
rich biodiversity
hasClimate temperate
hasDominantTree Douglas-fir
linked to: Douglas fir

Pacific silver fir
grand fir
lodgepole pine
mountain hemlock
ponderosa pine
subalpine fir
western hemlock
western redcedar
hasElevationRange lowland to subalpine
hasFauna American marten
Pacific salmon
Roosevelt elk
black bear
cougar
mule deer
northern spotted owl
pileated woodpecker
snowshoe hare
hasLandUse commercial forestry
recreation
hasProcess orographic precipitation
hasSoilType volcanic soils
hasVegetationType coniferous forest
evergreen forest
locatedIn Cascade Range
North America
Pacific Northwest
partOf Pacific temperate rainforests
threatenedBy climate change
logging
wildfire

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Fork Sauk River ecoregion Cascade Mountains forest ecoregion
Jefferson Park Glacier isInEcoregion Cascade Mountains forest ecoregion