Taiga
Taiga
- largest biome
- primarily a coniferous forest (evergreen trees with needles)
- located between 50degrees latitude north and the Arctic Circle
- fewer animal species
- very very cold in the winter ; but snow and ice melts in the warm summer(Insects breed in melting water)
- sun shines for days in the summer- near the top of the world
- In the spring, birds come to nest and lay eggs and eat the plentiful insects
Facts
- Average temperature is below freezing point for 6 months each year
- total yearly precipitation is 12-33 inches.
(Most comes from the warm, humid summer months instead of snowfall in cold winter)
Taiga Temperatures Low High Winter -65 F (-54 C) 30 F (-1 C) Summer 20 F (-7 C) 70 F (21 C)
- Long nights in winter and long days in summer
(Due to the tilt of Earth on its axis) - prone to wildfires
(adapted by growing thick bark) - Decomposition is slow
- Because of cool temperature
- Undecayed vegetation builds up on forest floor
(feel like sponge)
- soil is thin and lacking in nutrients
(trees grow taller when warmer temperature allow faster decompositon, or by streams and rivers which carry nutrients from higher ground.
- large and seemingly homogeneous
- acres and acres of exact same species
Taiga animals
- life can be cold, dreary and diffcult due to snow, cold and a scarcity of food
- taiga animals must adapt to survive ; some migrate, some hibernate, some simply cope with the environment
- Includes hawl owl, pine grosbeak, ermine, lynx, wolverine
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