The taiga is the largest terrestrial biome in the world, stretching across Eurasia and North America just below the tundra. It is characterized by long, cold winters and short, warm summers and is dominated by needleleaf trees like spruce and fir. Animals that live in the taiga include predators like lynx as well as prey like snowshoe hares. The taiga soil is thin and lacks nutrients due to the slow decomposition in the cold climate.

1. The Taiga
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2. • Taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome.
• In North America it covers most of inland
Canada and Alaska as well as parts of the
extreme northern continental United States
and is known as the Northwoods.
• When people refer to the southern part of the
biome they generally call it the Boreal Forest.
• The Taiga covers over 29% of the worlds
forest.

3. • Taiga is the Russian word for forest.
• It stretches over Eurasia and North America.
The taiga is located near the top of the world,
just below the tundra biome.
• The winters in the taiga are very cold with only
snowfall. The summers are warm, rainy, and
humid.

4. • The average temperature is below freezing for
six months out of the year.
• The spring and autumn are so short, you
hardly know they exist. It is either hot and
humid or very cold in the taiga.
• Not many plants can survive the extreme cold
of the taiga winter.

5. • The common plants are the Balsam Fir, Black
Spruce, Douglas- Fir, Eastern Red Cedar, Siberian
Spruce, and the White Fir, Poplar, and Spruce
• The taiga is the biome of the needleleaf forest.
• Because of cool temperatures decomposition is
slow in the taiga. Undecayed vegetation builds up
on the forest floor, making it feel like a sponge. As
a result of this, the soil is thin and lacking in
nutrients.

6. • The taiga is susceptible to many wildfires.
Trees have adapted by growing thick bark.
• The fires will burn away the upper canopy of
the trees and let sunlight reach the ground.
• In order for the soil to get a little bit of
sunlight, forest fires are required in order to
preserve the ecosystem.

7. • Animals of the taiga tend to be predators like
the lynx and members of the weasel family
like wolverines, bobcat, minks and ermine.
• They hunt herbivores like snowshoe rabbits,
red squirrels and voles.
• Red deer, elk, and moose can be found in
regions of the taiga where more deciduous
trees grow.

8. • The seasons of the Taiga vary little as mostly
they just sway from extreme hot to bitter
hold.
• The Taiga experiences very little precipitation
and when it does occur, it is mostly in the
summer months.
• Snow may remain on the ground for as long
as nine months in the northernmost
extensions.

9. • Large areas of Siberia’s taiga have been
harvested for lumber since the collapse of the
Soviet Union.
• In Canada, eight percent of the boreal forest is
protected from development.
• More than 90% of boreal forest products from
Canada are exported for consumption and
processing in the United States.

10. • The world's oldest trees can be found in the
taiga.
• The taiga has fewer plant and animals species
than most other biomes.
• This climate is classified as Dfc, Dwc, Dsc, Dfd
and Dwd in the Köppen climate classification
• Dfd and Dwd climate are mostly just
continuous permafrost.

11. • The world's boreal forest wraps around the northern
hemisphere like a green cloak. This is easily seen from
space and is sometimes referred to as Earth's green
halo.
• The boreal forest is a key resource for all citizens of this
globe. It filters our water, keeps our air clean, helps
regulate climate and sustains a vast variety of living
organisms, including human beings.
• Many Aboriginal communities call the Boreal forest
their home and to this day protect and survive off it.