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Taiga or Coniferous ForestBOREAL FOREST
Found in parts of Canada, Alaska, and Russia
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Taiga or Coniferous Forest
• World’s largest land biome
• Latitudes between 50ºN and 60ºN
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Taiga-
• Warmer and wetter than the Tundra
• Winters are long and cold
• 35 to 40 cm of precipitation yearly (mostly snow)
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Plants of the Taiga
There is no permafrost, so trees can grow. Mosses and lichens grow on the forest floor.
Examples:• Cone-bearing Evergreen trees
– Firs– Spruces– Pines
–Hemlocks –Cedars
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Animals of the TaigaADAPTATIONS
- Many animals have thick coats to keep them warm.
- Many animals have thick coats, long legs, and large paws for walking and
digging in snow
- The grizzly bear eats lots of food to gain fat that helps to keep it warm. Then
it sleeps through the winter (not hibernation; deep sleep).
- Some animals have adaptations that camouflage them. Animals like the
snowshoe hare turn brown in the summer and turn white in the winter.
- http://borealbiome.weebly.com/plants-and-animals.html
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Plants of the Taiga• Fir tree
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Plants of the Taiga• Spruce tree
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Plants of the Taiga• Hemlock tree
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Plants of the Taiga• Liverwort (a moss)
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Plants of the Taiga• Mosses
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Plants of the TaigaADAPTATIONS
many trees are evergreen so that plants can photosynthesize right away when
temperatures rise
many trees have needle-like leaves which shape loses less water and sheds snow
more easily than broad leaves
waxy coating on needles prevent evaporation
needles are dark in color allowing more solar heat to be absorbed
many trees have branches that droop downward to help shed excess snow to keep
the branches from breaking
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/
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Animals of the Taiga
Many animals live in the Taiga.
Examples:• Moose• Black Bear• Lynx• Wolves
•Badgers
•Wolverines
•Ermines
•Deer
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Animals of the Taiga
• Moose
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Animals of the Taiga
• Black bear
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Animals of the Taiga
• Lynx
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Animals of the Taiga
• Wolf
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Animals of the Taiga
• Badger
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Animals of the Taiga
• Wolverine