Talk:Appalachian temperate rainforest

Some Fundamental Questions
Where is it? According to the article they're in the "Southern Appalachians", which would be approximately Tennessee and North Carolina. That's appears reasonable citing the Gulf of Mexico as a source of moisture. But they're also at "high latitudes", which I would consider somewhere around the Arctic Circle, northward. Then it mentions fog deposition in parts in Eastern Canada.

Is it a rainforest? The first sentence of the Rainforest article defines a rainforest as having at least 250 cm/year, which means that the Appalachian forests are missing the minimal criterion. So if it's not a rainforest, what's the point of the article?

I'm not fussing, I see that this is a brand-new article. So far it looks like it's coming along pretty well. Geogene (talk) 18:38, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Suggested Merger
I think that if more sources can be found supporting there being temperate rainforests somewhere in the Appalachian range, then some of the information on this page should be merged with Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests and this article be removed. That page is much more developed, covers a much broader area, and seems to have more reliable information. Otherwise, I just don't see any justification (so far) for this particular article. Geogene (talk) 19:01, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Deletion Nomination
I've nominated the article for deletion because it seems to be inconsistent over where the rainforest actually can be found, and does a fairly poor job of establishing it exists. It'd be very helpful if we could have a high-quality source, such as a literature review, that names at least one specific place somewhere in the Appalachian chain as being an actual temperate rainforest. Most of the sources used don't even mention any rainforest, and because of that the whole thing smells like original research. The article itself is primarily a coatrack for Great Smoky Mountains National Park and nearby areas, content which is already covered in detail by other articles. Geogene (talk) 17:44, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Poorly written
Several sections of this article, particularly the threats section, are poorly written and in need of review and revision. 205.170.183.242 (talk) 10:12, 2 December 2021 (UTC)