1. Taiga By Jacob Bliss Introductory Ecology October 21 st, 2013

2. Geography 11% of terrestrial Earth 50-65 degrees North Latitude Tundra to the North, Grassland to the South Found in – Alaska – Canada – Scandinavia – Russia

3. Climate Temperature: -70 to 30 degrees Celsius Precipitation: 200-600 millimeters/year Low evaporation rate Winters typically last 6 months or more Virtually no Spring of Fall seasons

4. 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

5. Animal Life

6. Threats Illegal timber cutting Mass clear cutting