Taiga By: Dana Al Ali

What is a Taiga? The Taiga is the largest terrestrial Biome on the planet. What is it made up of? A Taiga is a forest made up of different kind of trees, these include: Coniferous Pines Oak Maple Elm Trees. Climate: The winters are very long and heavy with snowfall although the summers are short and breezy. The Temperatures in the summer are about 64 degrees to 72 degrees but in winter it sometimes it drops to about -14 c degrees.

Where is the Taiga located? Since the Taiga is the largest Biome. It spreads through North America, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe & Russia.

Plants of the Taiga Fire Lillies Winter Greens Berries Balsam Fir Pink Lady's-Slipper Roundleaf Sundew

Ever-Green (Winter Green) Evergreens have a variety of physical adaptations. The way the ever-green adapts includes its shape, leaf type, root and color. During the winter the Ever-Green doesn’t get much energy because the sun is low and the soil is very cold.

Animals of the Taiga These animals have lived through the harsh winters and warm summers easily because of the thickness of their fur and hunting food. Wolverines Foxes Bear Lynx Moose

Wolverines A Wolverine adapts to its biome easily because of their fur which is really thick long black and brown, with yellow whitish stripes which can camouflage and blend into the wildlife. This helps the Wolverine to adapt and hunt. A Wolverine doesn’t hunt, it eats any animal it encounters.

Foxes A Fox adapts into the Taiga with the “depth” of its fur which keeps out the coldness of the Winter. A Fox hunts in the Summer for birds, reptiles and small animals because of the wildlife surrounding the fox but in winter it hunts for insects and fruit.

Bear In winter, as known Bears hibernate but as soon as Summer arrives they enter the forest and begin to hunt and eat salmon from the rivers of the Taiga. A bear’s fur is really bushy which helps it survive and adapt into the freezing winters of the Taiga.

Lynx A Lynx adapts to its Biome easily with its thick white, brown and sometimes black fur. Its paws that are large to hunt with and grip ice and snow simply. Lynx’s sleep the day and hunt at night. The eat various small animals and rodents. These Lynx animals are afraid of humans and keep a distance when encountered with one.

Moose A Moose can survive through the harsh winters, through their dense bodies that are full of fat and thick fur that keeps them from the cold. Unlike any other of the animals in the Taiga, the moose is a herbivore. The plants and berries feed the Moose.

Human Effects Back in the early days, Mammoths Sloths and the Saber Tooth Tigers were hunted by our ancestors and were extinct also, back then they hunted Beavers and Minks even those are near to disappearing, Nowadays we have led more damage and danger of extinction to animals than they did 400 years ago. The Taiga, is on the edge of life, because of us humans cutting down its trees for our own needs.

Protecting the Taiga I think that people should start being aware of the Biomes that will no longer exist also, should treasure them because they have existed for more than 2,000 years. I think that people should start becoming more eco- friendly. Stop building dams and mining because it kills the nature and animals because they need their home to survive. It blocks of the air for people too.

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