Question

All of western Washington is in the temperate evergreen forest biome. However, there are extensive naturally occurring prairies in western Washington. How is this possible?

Answer 1

It is the annual precipitation of Western Washington

Western Washington lies on the edge of large mediterMediteclimate zone,centred on California.It contains great diversity of habitats from rain forests to alpine meadows and dry prairies. Mediterranean climates are characterized by warm , mild winters and hot, dry summers. Since Washington is neither as hot nor as dry as California , the seasonal patterns are very similar .Throu Throu the entire region,including coastal low land rainforests the summer months of July - September receive less than 5 percentage of total annual precipitation.