Taiga

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Taiga
Coniferous Forest

• By Brent Spivey
• Ben Pohlman

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Location

• Northern
• North America
• Europe
• Asia
• Mountains
• Forests
• Wetlands
• Volcanoes

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2 Types

• Open- Trees spaced far apart, lichen and moss
  growing in between.
• Closed- Trees grow close together, ground is
  shaded and often moss covered.

Sayre, April. Taiga. Brookfield, Connecticut
Twenty-First Century, 1994
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Animals
Black Bear
River Otter
Bald Eagle
Lynx
Grey Wolf
Long-eared Owl
http//www.blueplantbiomes.org/taiga_animals_page.
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More Animals
Wolverine
Bobcat
Snow Shoe Rabbit
Red Fox
Grizzly Bear
http//www.blueplantbiomes.org/taiga_animals_page.
html
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Plants
Eastern Red Cedar
Black Spruce
Douglas Fir
Jack Pine
http//www.blueplantbiomes.org/taiga_plants_page.h
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More Plants
Balsam Fir
Paper Birch
White Fir
White Poplar
Siberian Spruce
http//www.blueplantbiomes.org/taiga_plants_page.h
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Climate

• Temperature varies greatly between seasons
• Summer 30oF to 70oF (-7oC to 21oC)
• rainy, short season
• Winter -65oF to 30oF (-54oC to -1oC)
• Long season (6-7 months)
• Drier in winter than summer

Sayre, April. Taiga. Brookfield, Connecticut
Twenty-First Century, 1994
http//www.blueplantbiomes.org/taiga_climate_page.
html
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Special Features

• Bald Eagle live here
• Worlds largest trees
• Thousands of lakes
• Many wetlands
• Geysers and volcanoes

Day, Trevor. Taiga. Austin, TX Raintree
Steck-Vaughn , 2003