Assertion: Temperate deciduous forest is two – storeyed forest.
Reason: Two stories are formed of soft wood and hard wood trees.
Reason: Two stories are formed of soft wood and hard wood trees.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
Temperate deciduous forest are four-storeyed. The top stratum is occupied by trees reaching a height of 30-40m. There is an undertorey of small trees, an intermediate stratum of shrubs and a ground stratum made of herbs, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens. Vines are found here and there. a few soft-wood trees (conifers) may occur at places interpresed with hard-wood trees.