1. Boreal Forest By Drew Strella & Jordan Temple

4. Physical characteristics Soil is poor and acidic due to the fallen pine needles from the trees The winters in the taiga are very cold with only snowfall. The summers are warm, rainy, and humid. In the summer temperature ranges from 20ºF-70ºF In the winter, -65ºF-30ºF The total precipitation in a year is 30 - 85 cm most of it is rain in the during the summer.

5. Major plant life Common Plants Douglas Fir Yellow Birch Black Willow Western Hemlock Mountain Alder Wild Garlic May Apple The Boreal Forest is a Coniferous forest. Most of the trees grow needles and cones instead of leaves and flowers.

6. Animals Elk Mountain Goat Wild Boar Reindeer Brown Booby Gray Heron American Bittern

7. Facts It is one of the largest intact ecosystems on the planet It contains 25% of the worlds remaining original forests 325 different bird species live here More than 26 million ducks nest and breed here yearly Over 80% of the worlds liquid freshwater is found here

8. Sources www.marietta.edu http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/08/30-fascinating- facts-about-the-boreal-forst.php http://forestethics.org/ontarios-boreal-forest-1 http://www.bioexpedition.com/taiga-biome.html