About the Taiga biome with great pictures and can be used for school projects

1. The Taiga Biome

2. What is the Taiga Biome
The taiga is a forest of
the
cold, subarctic region.
The subarctic is an
area of the Northern
Hemisphere that lies
just south of the Arctic
Circle. The taiga lies
between the tundra to
the north and
temperate forests to
the south. Alaska,
Canada, Scandinavia,
and Siberia have
taigas.

3. Map of the Taiga
biome

4. General climate of Taiga
After the permanent ice caps
and tundra, taiga is the
terrestrial biome with the lowest
annual average temperatures,
with mean annual temperature
generally varying from −5 to 5
°C (23 to 41 °F). Extreme winter
minimums in the northern taiga
are typically lower than those of
the tundra.

5. The Taiga’s Flora
Coniferous trees are the
dominant plants of the taiga
biome. Very few species, in four
main genera, are found: the
evergreen spruce, fir and pine,
and the deciduous larch. In
North America, one or two
species of fir, and one or two
species of spruce, are
dominant. Across Scandinavia
and western Russia,

6. The Taiga’s Fauna
There are many animals that
make the taiga home. The
insects attract a wide variety
of species of birds to the
forest like the spruce
grouse and the pileated
woodpecker. Mammals like
pine
marten, moose, bobcats, bla
ck bears, fishers, Canada
lynx, Siberian tiger
and grizzly bears are found
in the taiga. These mammals
all have thick coats that
protect them from the cold.

7. Adaptation of Flora and Fauna in the Taiga
• In order to survive, certain
species of trees within the
biome don’t shed their leaves
during the winter to avoid
wasting excess energy from
regrowing leaves in the
summer. Others grow in a
cone shape to avoid
collecting heavy snow.
• Most animals migrate to
warmer climates once the
cold weather begins. Some
animals have adapted to life
in the taiga by hibernating
when temperatures drop.
Other animals have adapted
to the extreme cold
temperatures by producing a
layer of insulating feathers or
fur to protect them from the
cold.

8. Dangers facing the Taiga
Like other woodland areas, the
most pressing problem to the taiga
is commercial deforestation. Acid
rain is another problem caused by
humans. Acid rain is rain acidified
by atmospheric pollution, and kills
plants. Groups like the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) and the
Center for Biological Diversity (CBD)
are working to protect the taiga and
other woodland areas.

9. Fun Facts about the taiga
•There are two major cities in the
taiga, Toronto and Moscow,
although most of the biome is
uninhabited.
•The taiga’s other name, the boreal
forest, comes from the Greek god,
Boreas. Boreas is the god of the
north wind.
•Most often, paper is made from
the taiga’s softwood trees
• 17%percent of land occupied by the
taiga
• The taiga is the largest biome in the
world.

10. Thank you
BY Haitham