TaigaTeam B

Jesse Crompton Lauren Mitchell Kyle Tarnapolsky Morgan Saltzman

Taigas location • Largest biome • North America, Northern Europe, and

Northern Asia • Stretches to north • South tundra • Taiga Russian word (swampy forest)

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Taigas Climate • Yearly temperature -10 to 14˚C • Yearly precipitation 35cm• Summer swampy • Winter very cold

Plants• Mostly conifers• Pine• Spruce• Fir• Don’t fall off• Survives in snow and cold• Deciduous Trees• Falls off• Changes color• Conifers needle life with pines the ground is shaded due

to trees• Limited sunlight

Plant adaptations• Conifers= summer• Mostly lives in winter• Deciduous=summer+warm areas• Dies in the cold• Conifers mostly forests• Small plants and grasses in meadows and clearings

Animal Adaptations oMoose oElkoDeeroBeaversoSquirrelsoWolves o LynxesoOtteroBlack bearsoWolverines

Animal Adaptations oElk and Deer (Hooves help movement

though snow)oSquirrels and black bears (Hibernation:

survive through winter)oWolves and otters (guard hair to keep

away moisture) o Lynxes oBeavers (make dams) oMoose (grow fur to keep warm)oWolverines (strong jaws)

Environmental Issues• Trees• Canopy• Plants

• Pollution• Hard to get food in the winter

Environmental Issues• Predators• Lynx• Bobcats • Wolverines

• Hunting• Deforestation• Insects• Plaques• Plants Can’t Grow

Environmental Issues• Animals loss of habitats• Extinction• Danger to humans

• Plants used for medicine