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Common Names

Evergreen Coniferous Forest

Boreal Forest

Taigas (tie-guhs)

Map

Where are they found…

South of the Artic Tundra in the Northern regions across North America, Asia, and Europe

Above certain altitudes in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains ranges in the USA

Climate

The Winters are long, dry, and extremely cold

Summers are short with cool & warm temperatures

Plants

Coniferous (cone-bearing)

Evergreen trees ex: spruce, cedar, hemlock, pine

Low Plant diversity because few can survive the winter and the decomposition is slow, making it harder for other plants to grow

Plant Adaptations

Keep their leaves year-round

Small, needle-shaped, wax covered leaves which can withstand the intense cold and droughts in the winter

Wildlife

Large variety of wildlife

Ex: bears, wolves, moose, lynx, burrowing rodents

Ex: Caribou spend the winter in taiga and the summer in the artic tundra

In the summer many birds come to eat the hoards of insects

Wildlife Adaptations

Thick fur

Food storage

Hibernation

Migration

Camouflage

Sharp fangs and claws

Food Web

Human Impacts

Out of all the types of forests, coniferous forest are thought to have been the least affected by humans yet now due to demand for paper, more trees are being cut down

most of the world’s softwood timber come from the coniferous forests

By hunting many of these animals, some species have become endangered

Fun Facts

The Coniferous Forests is the largest biome in the world

Taiga is the Russian term for coniferous forest

The three most dominant trees are fir, pine, and spruce

The Coniferous forest was named after the conifer tree that produces seeds and cones

Bibliography

http://a-z-animals.com/reference/coniferous-forest/

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Photos

http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/boreal.htm

http://freebigpictures.com/forest-pictures/coniferous-forest/

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/areas/greatlakes/howwework/

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Photos

http://theleekdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/student-cornered-by-wild-rabbits-we-just-wanted-to-touch-it/

http://www.bobschillereff.com/bighorn-sheep-gallery/h3F71E68F#h3f71e68f

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http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/the-year-of-the-tiger-beautiful-animals-on-the-brink-slideshow.html

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