Taiga Biome

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Taiga Biome

• By Alyssa McCartt and
• Jenna McCarty

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General Climate

• The taiga is a wet subarctic forest that begins
  where the Tundra ends. The taiga climate is
  dominated by cold arctic air. Because of earth's
  tilt, the taiga is turned away from the sun in
  the winter. Therefore, less of the sun's
  radiation reaches the ground to warm it up.
• Winters are long, cold and dark with lots of snow
  that lasts for six to seven months. Summer is a
  rainy, hot and short season in the taiga when
  the daylight can be up to 20 hours long. Fall is
  the shortest season and spring brings flowers,
  the frozen ponds melt, and
• the animals come out from hibernation.

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General Climate

• The taiga climate has an average annual rainfall
  of 12 - 33 inches. The average precipitation for
  the summer is between 10-20 inches. The average
  precipitation for the winter is between 20-40
  inches. The type of precipitation that falls in
  the taiga climate are rain in summer andmostly
  snow in winter.
• Winter's LOW is -65F.Winter's HIGH is 30
  F.Summer's LOW is 30 F.Summer's HIGH is 70 F.
• The latitude range is between 50-60 North
  latitude.

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Flora

• There are two major types of taiga, closed
  forest, consisting of many closely-spaced trees
  with mossy ground cover, and lichen woodland,
  with trees that are farther-spaced and lichen
  ground cover.
• The forests of the taiga are coniferous,
  dominated by larch, spruce, fir, and pine.
  Evergreen species in the taiga (spruce, fir, and
  pine) have a number of adaptations specifically
  for survival in harsh taiga winters, though
  larch, the most cold-tolerant of all trees, is
  deciduous. Jack Pine have cones which only open
  to release their seed after a fire, dispersing
  their seeds onto the newly cleared ground.

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Fauna

• Some types of adaptations in the animals are
  migration, heavier coats of fur, and some change
  color, such as the snow-shoe rabbit. Mice and
  moles live in tunnels under the snow. Some
  animals that live in the taiga are bears, badger,
  beavers, reindeer, foxes, wolverine and
  squirrels. Many birds migrate to the taiga during
  the spring because there are so many insects to
  feed on after the snow melts.

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Wheres the Taiga Biome located?
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Plants in the Taiga

• White Poplar
• Eastern Red Cedar
• Jack Pine
• White Spruce
• Black Spruce

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Animals in the Taiga

• Snowshoe Hare
• River Otter
• Gray Wolf
• Bald Eagle
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Great Gray Owl
• Lake Whitefish
• Northern Pike
• Lake Trout
• Round Whitefish

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Adaptations

• Animal adaptations
• Most animals migrate to warmer climates once the
  cold weather climates set in.
• Some animals have adapted by hibernating when
  temperatures drop.
• Other animals have adapted by producing a layer
  of insulating feathers or fur to protect them
  from the cold.
• Plant Adaptations
• Evergreens use a wide variety of physical
  adaptations. Some of these adaptations include
  their shape, leaf type, root system, and color.
• Lichens and mosses, but most plants are
  coniferous trees like Pine, White Spruce,
  Hemlock, and Douglas fir.
• There are not a lot of species of plants in the
  taiga because of the harsh conditions.

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Dominant Animals

• Lynx---Colored Fox---Great Grey Owl---Red-Tailed
  Hawk---Least Weasel.

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FOOD WEB of the TAIGA Lynx Snowshoe
Hare Canopy tree seeds Cream-Colored
Fox Grouse Tall shrubs Great Grey
Owl Voles Sedges Red-Tailed Hawk Red
Squirrels Medium shrubs Least Weasel Crossbills
Small trees
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