Walid: The taiga biome is mostly located in the northern hemisphere. It is the largest terrestrial biome in the world. It takes up 27% of the world. The word Taiga comes from a Russian Origin.
Miguel: When you're inside the boundaries of the biome some of the trees and plants that could be found are the Balsam fir, Douglas-firs, the Eastern Red Cedar, Jack Pine, and Birch Tree's. All firs and hemlocks are thick and have waxy needles that prevent water from evaporation. The Balsam Fir is a small medium sized tree that could grow up to 40 to 80 feet tall. The Douglas-firs tree is a little smaller than the Balsam Fir. The Douglas-firs tree grows up to 40 to 60 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide. The Easter Red Cedar is a small tree that grows to be 10 to 50 feet long. The Jack pine grows up to be 27 meters tall. Birch trees can grow in pairs or clusters. Paper birch can grow anywhere from sixty to eighty feet high.
Charlie: Animals adapt to the weather in the taiga forest by hibernating when temperatures drop. This isnt theyre only way adapt, some animals adapt to producing a layer of insulating feather or fur to protect them from the cold.
Walid: Some of the keystone animals in the Taiga biome are lynx, wolvernies, bobcats, minks, and ermine. Some keystone plants are Lodgepole Pine, Scots Pine, Siberian, Lady's slipper, Methuselah's Beard, Amus Tiger.
The climate in the tiaga biome is mosly cold during the winter. The teputures could reach the -65 degress for most of the winter. Also in the tiage biome it rain up to 12-33 inches during the summer. Winter last's at least six to seven months during the winter, while summer is an even shorter season,
The biggest threat to the Taiga biome is exploration and development of oil ...
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...ome of the fear of climate change in the taiga biome is when the latitude occupied by the boreal forest had some of the highest temperatres increases on Earth.Another fear of climate change is when the winter temperatures in the taiga biome affect the summer temperatures by increasing the temperatures in the summer.
Charlie: Some endangered animals species from the tiaga are beavers, wood bison, snow leopards, and Amur leopard. These are endangered animal species because of all the treats going on in the Taiga biome. Some endangered plants at the Taiga biome are long leaf pine, lingonberry, siberian larch, lodgepole pine, and scots pine. If you visit the Taiga biome then you could help save these endangered species like the animals and plants from the Taiga biome.
All: Thank you for watching out presentation now lets take a closer look at the biome.
The vegetation is mostly trees. There are many types of trees, Some of the trees are coniferous trees and deciduous. It is all scattered in the southern part of the Canadian Shield. The forests are all mixed with birch trees, aspen trees, tamarisk trees, black and white spruce trees, willow trees, hemlock trees, pine trees and balsam fir trees. The mixed forests are beautiful in the fall when the leaves of the deciduous trees change color.
U.S. Department of the interior, National Park Service. (2013). Endangered Species. Retrieved from website: http://www.nature.nps.gov/biology/endangeredspecies/index.cfm
The taiga is also known as boreal forest and is mainly distinguishable due to its abundance of carnivorous forests that are primarily made up of conifer or cone-bearing trees (NP, UC Santa Barbara). Three of the four most common conifers are evergreens, namely spruce, fir, and pine. The fourth conifer is the tamarack, also known as the larch, which is a deciduous tree. Other types of deciduous trees that can occasionally be found in the taiga include oak, birch, willow, and alder trees. The taiga does not feature a wide variety of plant life in comparison with other biomes due to its harsh climate; thin, acidic, and nutrient-lacking soil; and rocky terrain.
The sugar pine is said to be the worlds largest pine, growing to nearly 200 feet tall with a trunk diameter of seven feet. (About sugar pine) The tallest recorded sugar pine still alive today, however, is 255 feet tall with a seven and a half foot diameter. It was found in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. These trees can grow to an age of about 400-500 years. sugar pine’s also have huge cones averaging 12-18 inches in length, but some can be as long as two feet. (About sugar pine)
The climate of the tundra is characterized by harsh winters. The average temperature in the tundra area is about –27 degrees. But what is even worse are the long night. At nights the lowest temperture recorded was –67.36 degrees. There are even times in the year when the sun doesn’t come up for days. In the tundra we have little snow and even less rainfall. The rainfall is about a quarter inch in a yearly rainfall. Even though the tundra’s winters are long a harsh there summers are the shortest season of all. Do to the terrible weather and climate in the tundra their animals and plant life is very limited.
As Canada is spread over so much area, it has many different climate zones, and a wide variety of animals in each zone. Recently, due to mining, pipelines, trapping for food and sport, and failure to preserve some forestland, many species of animals in Canada have become extinct. These include the blue walleye, sage grouse and greater prairie chicken. The woodland caribou and the marten are two of several other species that are threatened.
Nigh, Gordon D., Ying, Cheng C. & Qian, Hong. (2004, October). Climate and Productivity of Major Conifer Species in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Forest Science 50(5), 659.
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