Taige
Angela O
General Description
- Largest terrestrial biome
- Glaciers once covered it
- Glaciers receded, which caused cuts and depressions in landscape
- Now filled with rain, creating lakes
- Cool elevations
Types of Animals
- Seed eating squirrels and jays
- Small mammals
- Ermine
- Moles
- Lemming
- Snow white owl
- Largest mammals
- Deer
- Moose
- Elk
- Snowshoe Hare
- Predators
- Grizzly Bears
- Wolves
- Lynes
- Wolverines
Types of Plants
- Common Tree: Conifer or Cone-bearing tree
- Conifer includes, pines, spruces, and firs
- Occasionally found: Oak, Birch, Willow and Alder
Annual Rainfall
- 10-30 inches of rainfall (25-75cm)
Average Yearly Temperature
- Range: -65 degrees to 70 degrees fahrenheit
- Half the year, below freezing
Soil Type
- Is thin
- Acidic
- Not nutrient rich
- Also very rocky
Amount of Sunlight
- Summer: 24 hours
- Winter: Few hours of sun in the middle of the day
Geographical Location in the World
- A band across North America, Europe and Asia
Unusual Fact about Biome
- Prone to wildfires
- Trees adapted and grow thick bark which protects them from mild fires