Taiga Biome Research Paper

The taiga stretches from Europe,North America and Asia. Its weather is short wet summers,long cold winters. Trees stay green all year round which means they are evergreen trees. Paper is made from softwood trees which are mainly in the taiga biome. During the winter it can get as cold as -60° . The growing season for plants is only in summer temperatures are favorable. Animals that live in this biome have thick fur and feathers they also change color over different seasons. An animal that lives in the is biome is the american black bear, it consumes variety of food including twigs,leaves and plants. 1/4 of what they eat is small prey and left over carcases.There are other animals such as the bobcat,wolverine and the lynx. Most animals in this biome change colors throughout the seasons, so they can stay protected from predators.They eat a variety of food such as, elk, deer ,moose and

The taiga biome is almost extinct from humans mining and logging. There is a belief that there was glaciers in the taiga biome at one point centuries ago. Soil in the taiga is poor in nutrients. It lacks the nutrients that some plants need to grow. The soil is thin due to the cold weather of this biome. Diversity of soil is so high it could be compared to the rain forest.It is the coldest and driest biome of the temperate and tropical rain forest. The large areas of Siberia taiga has been used for lumber since fall of the Soviet