This video describes forests throughout the world, including the northern coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, subtropical forest, and the tropical forest. The dominant trees, herbaceous plants and interesting animals that make up these forests are investigated. Other terminology includes: conifer, taiga, spruce, fir, deciduous tree, maple, beech, oak, hickory, canopy, understory, herbaceous, sloth, Everglades, epiphytes, ferns, vines, palmetto, and strangler fig.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2002. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015.

What is a Forest? (2:47); --Northern Coniferous Forests (2:07); -- Temperate Deciduous Forest (2:31); -- Plants and Animals of the Temperate Deciduous Forest (1:45); -- Tropical Forests (2:23); -- Subtropical Forests (2:40); -- Summing Up (1:06); -- Video Quiz (2:59); -- Credits: Forests (0:34); .