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When you think of rain forest,you most likely think of the forest by the equator.However,a rainforest is a forest that gets a lot of rainfall.Large predators are at home in the temperate rain forests of North America, from wolves to bears to mountain lions.A mountain lion cub will most likely grow to be upward of 6 feet long and weigh somewhere between 85 and 180 pounds.Mountain lions, also known as cougars, pumas and many other names, play a inportent role in maintaining deer populations, which in turn maintain the health of the forest understory. Predators are as important to the population of North America's temperate rainforests as the rain itself.Ive ben talking a lot about moutin lions so lets move to the forest agian.Now with the flora that takes root in the soil is flora that uses no roots at all. Thanks to the mild temperatures and abundance of moisture, Some grow well in the temperate rainforest. These are the mosses, lichens, ferns and other plants that grow on other plants, such as across the boughs of tree.According to Oregon State, "some plants are a major part of the diversity in forests of the Pacific Northwest. The number of species of these plantss and macrolichens is typically 40-75 species in a 1-acre plot. This often exceeds the number of flowering plant species in the same forest.Some species found in this region range from the tiny false pixie cup lichen to the lung-wort, which looks a bit like a small cabbage-leaf, and from lung-wort to the cat-tail moss.