Editing Temperate rainforest (section)

{{Short description|Forests in the temperate zone}}
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[[Tsuga heterophylla|Western hemlock]] rainforest, [[Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site|Gwaii Haanas]], Canada]]

'''Temperate rainforests''' are [[rainforest]]s with [[conifer]]ous or [[Broad-leaved tree|broadleaf]] [[forests]] that occur in the [[temperate zone]] and receive heavy rain.

Temperate rainforests occur in oceanic moist regions around the world: the [[Pacific temperate rainforests]] of [[North America]]n [[Pacific Northwest]] as well as the [[Appalachian temperate rainforest]] in the [[Appalachia]]n region of the [[United States]]; the [[Valdivian temperate rainforests]] of southwestern [[South America]]; the rainforests of [[New Zealand]] and southeastern [[Australia]]; [[northwest Europe]] (small pockets in [[Great Britain]] and larger areas in [[Ireland]], southern [[Norway]], northern [[Iberia]] and [[Brittany]]); southern [[Japan]]; the [[Black Sea]]–[[Caspian Sea]] region from the southeasternmost coastal zone of the [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast|Bulgarian coast]], through [[Turkey]], to [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], and northern [[Iran]].

The moist conditions of temperate rainforests generally have an understory of [[moss]]es, [[fern]]s and some shrubs and berries. Temperate rainforests can be [[temperate coniferous forests]] or [[temperate broadleaf and mixed forest]]s.