Question

Temperate forests are more extensively used for

Answer 1

Temperate forest, vegetation type with a more or less continuous canopy of broad-leaved trees. Such forests occur between approximately 25° and 50° latitude in both hemispheres . Toward the polar regions they grade into boreal forests, which are dominated by evergreen conifers, so that mixed forests containing both deciduous and coniferous trees occupy intermediate areas. Temperate forests usually are classified into two main groups: deciduous and evergreen.

Answer 2

Temperate forests are most extensively used for furniture wood.

Explanation:

• Temperate forests are home to trees like maple, cherry, oak, walnut, etc.

• The wood obtained from these trees serves best for crafting furniture and flooring.

• It can be easily cut and shaped as it is not as thick and hard as the wood of the trees found in tropical forests.

• This wood bears the ability to be seasoned and thus has a high demand in the market.

• Other than furniture wood, temperate forests also serve as resources of many medicinal plants.