Taiga By Jacob Bliss Introductory Ecology October 21 st, 2013

Geography 11% of terrestrial Earth degrees North Latitude Tundra to the North, Grassland to the South Found in – Alaska – Canada – Scandinavia – Russia

Climate Temperature: -70 to 30 degrees Celsius Precipitation: millimeters/year Low evaporation rate Winters typically last 6 months or more Virtually no Spring of Fall seasons

Plant Life Spruces, Firs, and Pines predominate forests – Aspen and Birch may also be found Willows line stream banks Blueberry and Juniper provide fruit forage Grasses provide herbivorous forage

Animal Life

Threats Illegal timber cutting Mass clear cutting