Coniferous forests are characterized by long, cold winters with abundant snowfall. Coniferous trees such as pines, spruces, and firs predominate in these forests. Common mammal inhabitants include lynx, moose, deer, and bears. Coniferous forests stretch across northern regions of Europe, Asia, and North America between temperate grasslands and the polar tundra.

1. CONIFEROUS FOREST by IKRAM HEJJAJ KHALLOUKI.

2. CARACTERISTICS Long and very cold winters. Abundant precipitation as snow. Coniferous forests predominate (pines, spruces…) There are mammals such as lynx, moose ,deer ,bear…

3. MAP OF THE CONIFEROUS FOREST Coniferous forests stretch cold in northern Europe, Asia and North America, and the tip of South America, between the territories occupied by temperate grasslands and tundra of the polar region.

4. CLIMATE The temperatures of the coniferous forests between 10 ° C and 20 º C in summer and -15 ° C and 5 º C in winter. Coniferous forests often cover mountainsides. Trees are tall and narrow, so snow will slide off the branches without breaking them.

5. FLORA Some of the species that inhabit coniferous forests are cold spruces, firs, larches, pines, birches, mosses and ferns as well. Usually found tall trees. • Pine/Pinus pinea • Abeto/ • Spruce/Abies pinsapo boiss • Pícea/Picea abies • Tsuga/Tsuga canadensis

6. FLORA Fitzroya cupressoides Abies alba Mill Betula pendula Fitzroya cupressoides

7. SEQUOIA The Coniferous forest, located along the northern California coast, contains the largest life-form on Earth! The giant Sequoia trees are also the longest-lived life form on Earth.

8. FAUNA Animals best adapted to the vegetation of these forests are beavers, squirrels, porcupines, skunks, moose, marmots, hares, lynx, deer, rabbits, black bears and wolves. • Beaver/Castor canadenses • Skunk/mephitis • Bear/ursus Reindeer o Rangifer tarandus

9. FAUNA • Deer/Hippocamelus antisiensis • rabbitt/Lepus • Moose/ Platycerioum • Wolf/Canis lupus