Taiga/Boreal Forest

Team C

Joseph Branderbit

Trevor Dawson

Gaby Flaksman

Location

• Largest biome in world• Located in North America, North

Europe, Northern Asia• South of Tundra• Northern Hemisphere

Climate

• Yearly temperature, -10° C to 14° C• Precipitation yearly, 35 cm• Mostly swampy• Cold during winter• Cooler during the summer

Plants and adaptations

Conifers

Mostly conifersBirch, spruce, willow,

alder, fir, pineTrees that produce seeds

are conifers

Plants Adaptations

All plants survive cold weather

Provide foodSap defense

Animal Adaptions

Animals

Black and grizzly bears

Snowshoe hare

Elk

Moose

Deer

Voles

Canadian lynx

Animals adaptions

Snowshoe hare and ermine

Change colors in winter

Snowshoe hare and Canada lynx

Both have wide paws to travel easier on snow

Bears

Uninterrupted sleep

Moles and shrews

Build homes under ground for shelters and protection

Environmental Issues

• Acid Rain• Forest fires• Deforestation