Taiga
Taiga. By Jacob Bliss Introductory Ecology October 21 st , 2013. Geography. 11% of terrestrial Earth 50-65 degrees North Latitude Tundra to the North, Grassland to the South Found in Alaska Canada Scandinavia Russia. Climate. Temperature: -70 to 30 degrees Celsius
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Taiga By Jacob Bliss Introductory Ecology October 21st, 2013
Geography • 11% of terrestrial Earth • 50-65 degrees North Latitude • Tundra to the North, Grassland to the South • Found in • Alaska • Canada • Scandinavia • Russia
Climate • Temperature: -70 to 30 degrees Celsius • Precipitation: 200-600 millimeters/year • Low evaporation rate • Winters typically last 6 months or more • Virtually no Spring of Fall seasons
Plant Life • Spruces, Firs, and Pines predominate forests • Aspen and Birch may also be found • Willows line stream banks • Blueberry and Juniper provide fruit forage • Grasses provide herbivorous forage
Threats • Illegal timber cutting • Mass clear cutting
