Leaf color is among the most remarkable features of the deciduous forest, especially in North America. What gives this magnificent deciduous forest its name is there colorful show, tons of leaves once were held by branches, are suddenly set free, to dance in the wind, and are destined to land on a surface. “To fall off” means deciduousness. Deciduous comes from the Latin word decido. This only happens with deciduous trees. Deciduous forests bare tree leaves on winter and grow their green leaves back on spring and summer. They’re very many animals which live in the deciduous forest. Small and large animals alike use the forest for shelter and food. For four to seven months in winter the food is scarce. The animals either migrate, hibernate, or find other ways to endure winter. Sixty to seventy percent of the birds in the deciduous forest migrate to the tropics for winter. The primary consumers in this system includes insects, birds, rodents, and deer. The secondary consumers include foxes and owls, who eat the rodents, birds skunks, and opossums who eat the insects. The tertiary consumers the cougar, preys on deer and smaller animals and the bear are omnivores and eat anything organic they can get such as grass, berries, mushrooms, small animals, and carrion [dead animals]. A deciduous forest typically has three to four, and sometimes five layers of plant growth. This is a forest of some angiosperms such as fruit trees and berry bushes. Most deciduous forests have mild summer averaging 70 F. Summer months usually begin in early June and ends late August. Winter months don’t start until December. Winter temperatures are fairly cool with an average temperature below freezing. Deciduous forest biomes are located primarily in western, eastern, and northern North America. Southern South America. Most of Europe. South eastern Africa. Eastern and