-PREDATOR: lynx

-PREY: arctic hare

-PARASITISM: A black fly biting a human, and sucking out the blood

-COMPETITION: red foxes and wolves for prey

-MUTUALISM: group of squirrels eating a colony of beetles

BENEFITS• Cold region• summers are short and they are cool in temperature• During the longer parts of summer, there can be up to 20

hours of daylight given• Contains millions of trees and animals• Trees for business

THREAT-Taigas are starting to collapse because of deforestation.

The trees trap carbon dioxide which is minimizing pollution in our surroundings, which gets rid of oxygen that humans need.

Taigas can also be a solution to the increasing problem in climate change and global warming. Since the forest gives us air to breath, then greenhouse effect caused by carbon dioxide can also be decreased.

When there is forest flood, the soil will run off the river damaging water-living creatures.

PRECIPITATION & ALTITUDES

• Rainfall varies 0 mm to 350 mm

Precipitation And Temperature During

The Year

5 PLANTS

BLACK SPRUCE-The Black Spruce is a tall tree. It can grow to be twenty-five meters tall. As the tree gets older the crown of the tree gets more and more like a spike.

EASTERN RED CEDAR-The Eastern Red Cedar is a small evergreen that commonly grows to a height of 10-50 feet.

BALSAM FIR-You can find the Balsam Fir in northeastern North America. It can grow to be 40 to 80 feet tall.

SIBERIAN SPRUCE- tall, perennial needle-leaf tree. The Siberian Spruce is a very beautiful tree that can grow up to about 30 meters high.

PAPER BIRCH- Paper birch trees have a thin bark that peels in horizontal layers which separates into sheets, almost like paper. Birch trees can grow in pairs or clusters.

ECOLOGICAL PYRAMID OF TAIGA

DEER

ELK

PORCUPINE

BALSAM FIR, BLACK SPRUCE, EASTERN RED CEDAR, PAPER BIRCH, JACK PINE

MUSK OXEN, PEARY CARIBOU, BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS,

EUROPEAN RED SQUIRREL,PINE GROSBEAK

5 CARNIVORES

RED FOX- can grow up to 2 1/2 feet long, 15 to 16 inches tall at the shoulders, and weigh 10 to 12 pounds. It has a rusty-red fur, a white-tipped bushy tail and black legs, ears and nose. The nose is pointed, and the ears are wide and in the shape of a triangle.

SNOWSHOE RABBIT-migrates throughout the mid west United States as well. It is larger than other rabbits and it weighs around three to four pounds as an adult and can be fifteen to twenty inches.

BOBCAT- A bobcat's body is about two feet long, and its tail is approximately four to eight inches long. The bobcat gets its name from it's stubby tail. A bobcat's weight range is between thirteen and twenty three pounds. It stands twenty to twenty four inches tall. A bobcat's paw print is a little over an inch wide.

RIVER OTTERS-adapt to areas that have thick woods, lakes, swamps, rocks, and logs near grassy areas, streams, rivers, ponds, and mostly fresh water. GRAY WOLVES- can survive as long as food is plentiful and the climate is somewhat cold. Male wolves are larger than females.