TAIGABrad, Meghan, and Rachel

Location

Stretches across Eurasia and North America (Canada)

Largest of all land biomes

Found between the tundra and deciduous

Temp and Rainfall

Temperature Year round temperatures range from -65 degrees

Fahrenheit and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. For about half of the year the temperature is

below freezing. Rainfall

Averages 40 inches of precipitation per year

Types of Taiga Forest

Closed Forest Consists of many closely-spaced trees with

mossy ground.

Lichen Woodland Has trees that are farther-spaced apart and

lichen ground cover. More common in the northernmost taiga.

Food Web

Photosynthesizers Lichens Mosses Pine Trees

Herbivores Snowshoe Hare North American Moose Voles

Carnivores Bobcat Gray Wolf North American Wolverine

Omnivores Black Bear River Otter Raccoon

Adaption

Plant Evergreen Tree

Adapted a cone-shape to help snow slide off them so their branches won’t break. Also, they have thin waxy needles to protect against cold temperatures as well as bark that grows thicker to protect it from fires. Grow close together.

Animal Black Bear

Thick shaggy fur to protect them from the cold and they have claws the right length to climb trees.

Bird Long Eared Owl

Has long ears to help it hunt in the night. One ear is bigger and higher on the head with little tufts of feathers to enhance hearing. Creating a special three-dimensional hearing.

Geologic Features

Canadian Shield Extremely old bedrock The region north of the Great Slave Lake

contains the oldest rock on the planet. Has rolling hills with depressions that led to 1.5

million lakes