Rainforests receive the most rain of any biome, with a yearly rainfall of between 60 and 400 inches. We often think of tropical rainforests, but North America is home to temperate rainforests, too, which are much cooler and have a different mix of plant and animal life.

Plants

Scientific NameCommon NameEOL Web AddressAdditional Resources
Struthiopteris spicantDeer Fernhttps://eol.org/pages/596749https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=BLSP
Adiantum aleuticumWestern Maidenhair Fernhttps://eol.org/pages/596890https://plants.usda.gov/core/plantProfile?symbol=ADAL
Athyrium filix-feminaLady Fernhttps://eol.org/pages/72689https://plants.usda.gov/core/plantProfile?symbol=ATFI
https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/fern/athfil/all.html
https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=PTAQ
Pteridium aquilinumBracken Fernhttps://eol.org/pages/47172677https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/fern/pteaqu/all.html
https://plants.usda.gov/core/plantProfile?symbol=ASTRT
https://plants.usda.gov/core/plantProfile?symbol=POMU
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. trichomanesMaidenhair Spleenworthttps://eol.org/pages/597642https://plants.usda.gov/core/plantProfile?symbol=POGL8
 https://plants.usda.gov/core/plantProfile?symbol=POSC4
Polystichum munitumWestern Sword Fernhttps://eol.org/pages/485701https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ariolimax_columbianus/
Polypodium glycyrrhizaLicorice Fernhttps://eol.org/pages/597745https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ursus_arctos/
Polypodium scouleriLeathery Polypodyhttps://eol.org/pages/597742https://www.fws.gov/species/chum-salmon-oncorhynchus-keta

Animals 

Scientific NameCommon NameEOL Web AddressAdditional Resources
Ariolimax columbianusBanana Slughttps://eol.org/pages/403113 
Ursus arctosGrizzly Bearhttps://eol.org/pages/328581 
Oncorhynchus ketaChum Salmonhttps://eol.org/pages/46563136