Food chains and food webs illustrate how different specie get energy. Plants are the basis for energy that flows through a food web. The deciduous forest has evergreen trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns and moss providing a good energy source for the primary plant eaters. Find out how the energy flows up through the food chain.

American Beech
American Beech, Tisbury Elementary School, BluePlanetBiomes.com, Created by students for students; includes a description and small photo.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/american_beech.htm
Carpet Moss
Carpet Moss, West Tisberry Elementary School, BluePlanetbiomes.org Created by students for students; includes a description and small photo.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/carpet_moss.htm
Carpet Moss, European Deciduous Forest Plants
Carpet Moss, European Deciduous Forest Plants, West Tisbury Elementary School, BluePlanetBiomes.com, Created by students for students; includes a description and small photo.
https://blueplanetbiomes.org/carpet_moss.php...
Common Plants - Temperate Deciduous Forests
Common Plants - Temperate Deciduous Forests, Use the pull-down menu to view photos and brief descriptions of oak tree, common moss, northern lady fern, and shagbark hickory tree.
http://tempdecfor.weebly.com/common-plants.html
Deciduous
Deciduous, Wikipedia.org, Article with several photos; click to enlarge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous
Flowering Dogwood Trees
Flowering Dogwood Trees, By David Beaulieu, About.com, Article and several photos.
http://landscaping.about.com/cs/treesshrubs/a/dogw...
Pecan
Pecan, Wikipedia.org, Article has a map and several photos; click to enlarge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan
Pecan
Pecan, West Tisbury Elementary School, BluePlanetBiomes.com, Created by students for students; includes a description and small photo.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/pecan.htm
Red Maple Tree
Red Maple Tree, Cornell Sugar Maple Research & Extension Program, Small image and descriptions of the tree, its bark, twigs, leaves, and fruit.
http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/tree/redmaple.htm
Tulip Poplar
Tulip Poplar, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, A fact sheet in Pdf. format.
http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_litu.pdf
What are Deciduous Trees?
What are Deciduous Trees?, Written by J. Beam, Wisegeek.com, Article and several photos; click to enlarge.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-deciduous-trees.h...