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Taiga By Jacob Bliss Introductory Ecology October 21 st, 2013 Slide 2 Geography 11% of terrestrial Earth 50-65 degrees North Latitude Tundra to the North, Grassland to the South Found in Alaska Canada Scandinavia Russia Slide 3 Climate Temperature: -70 to 30 degrees Celsius Precipitation: 200-600 millimeters/year Low evaporation rate Winters typically last 6 months or more Virtually no Spring of Fall seasons Slide 4 Plant Life Spruces, Firs, and Pines predominate forests Aspen and Birch may also be found Willows line stream banks Blueberry and Juniper provide fruit forage Grasses provide herbivorous forage Slide 5 Animal Life Slide 6 Threats Illegal timber cutting Mass clear cutting