SIBERIAN TAIGA

GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

• Location - the Siberian taiga is located near the top of the world, just below the tundra biome.
• Description - the taiga is mostly always cold. It has a lot of coniferous trees grow.
• Soil type - it is usually covered by permafrost or rocks underneath there is clay kind of like dirt.the ground is dry and it is also not that very rich.
• Precipitation - the precipitation total is a year is around 30-85 cm (12-33 in). The most precipitation in the taiga is in summer.
• Temperature range - the temperature range is -65F to 70F (-54F to 21F).

GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

BIODIVERSITY

• Plant species- Balsam fir, Black spruce,Douglas fir ,Eastern reo cedar, Jack pine, Paper birch, Siberian spruce, White fir ,White popular , White spruce , and Evergreen Trees.
• Animal species - Black Bear, Bald Eagle ,Bobcat ,Canadian Lynx, Gray Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Long-Eared Owl, Red Fox, River Otter,Snow Shoe Rabbit, Wolverine

PLANT ADAPTATIONS

• Plants adaptations- evergreen have a shape to prevent damage .Their branches drop down the shed excess snow.
• Taiga plants have needles to help keep water inside the dark casing .
• They have dark green color to absorb heat because of cold temperature .

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS

• Animals - bears have many layers to survive in the winter,the Lynx has wide paws to walk in snow.
• Animals hibernate during winter

INTERACTIONS, BIOTIC

• Black bear, Bald Eagle, Red Fox,River Otter, Balsam Fir, White Spruce

INTERACTIONS,ABIOTIC

• Sunlight, Lighting
• Water, Floods
• Boulders ,Hail
• Soil,
• Clouds,Temperature

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TIAGA

• Taiga is the Russian word for forest and the largest biome in the world. Stretches over Eurasia and North America
• The Taiga is also know as the boreal forest. Did you know that boreal was the Greek goodness of the North wind?
• Most trees grow sideways where roots can get as nutrients needed.

THIS WAS THE SIBERIAN TIAGA BIOMES RESEARCH HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT

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