By: Sharrieff Walker aka ReefSqd.
• A biome is the type of habitat in certain places, like mountain tops, deserts, and
tropical forests, and is determined by the climate of the place. The taiga is the
biome of the needleleaf forest. Living in the taiga is cold and lonely.
• The Siberian Taiga is a vast forest in the northern regions of Russia covering
hundreds of thousands of square miles. Most of the year, it is a very cold place,
with low temperatures dropping to -80 F. There is a short, but very hot summer
with temperatures going up to 105 F, but the average temperature during the year
is below freezing. Due to the prevailing cold, the ground of the Taiga is covered
with permafrost. Permafrost is a layer of soil that it always at or below freezing. It
is not necessarily covered with sheets of ice, but water particles within the soil are
not liquid, but small ice crystals. This makes the soil as hard as rock, and prevents
small plants like grasses and shrubs from forming roots in the topsoil. There is a
fair amount of precipitation, but it is usually in the form of snow, not rain. These
cold conditions create a unique vegetative habitat that is not found in warmer
regions on the planet.
•
The Coniferous
Forest aka Taiga
is in Dark Green
The taiga is
located
between 50
degrees
latitude north
and the Arctic
circle.
• The Eastern Siberian stretching over 20degrees of Latitude and
50degrees of Longitude ( 56 degrees north to 58 degrees north,
and 30 degrees east to 80 degrees east.) (Wikipedia)
• Siberian/Russian Taiga climate varies on the different things,
such as the seasons of the Year. In the winter, the lowest
temperature is -65 degrees F. the highest is 30. In the Summer the
lowest temp. is 30 degrees F. the highest is 70
Most of the forest consists of different species of Larch, which is a
genus of coniferous (cone-bearing) trees. Larch trees are not
evergreens, but are deciduous, which means they loose their
needle-shaped leaves during parts of the year. These trees are very
tall and thick, blocking a lot of sunlight from reaching the forest
floor. Aside from larches and other coniferous trees, there is little
vegetation due to the permanently frozen soil.
Arboreal Lichens, Berries( blueberries, raspberries', cranberries,
crowberries) Mosses(reindeer moss, club moss) Dwarf Willow, Wild
Lilly of the Valley, Shinleaf, Twinleaf, Aspen
• Humans, Owls, Artic Fox, red fox, weasels, Marten, Sables,
Fishers, Coyotes, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Lynx, Wolves,
Grouse, Woodland Caribou, Beaver, Voles, Snowshoe Hares
• ADAPTATIONS
• One adaptation that animals have is Hibernation. They get ready
for the winter by storing extra fat layers on their bodies to keep
warm.
• Another adaptation is changing their food diet in the summer
• Parasitic: The Tent caterpillar and trees. These caterpillars eat
about 20% of small trees and spread into tents.
• Mutualistic: Lichens and the black Spouse tree. The spouse tree
produces dead matter and the lichen feed on it. the tree will be
clean and lichens have food
• Communalistic : Tree and squirrel. Tree's provide bark for the
squirrel to hide from predators in.
• A critical threat to the taiga is poaching of animals for skins and
bones to sell in international markets. This most directly affects
the Siberian Tiget, for these tigers only live in the Primorski Krai
and Khabarovsk Krai regions of eastern Siberia. Sadly, there are
only 200-300 still in existence today, which proves the deastating
effect of poaching on their tiger population
• Siberian Tiger
This species of
tiger is
endangered
because of the
numerous illegal
poachers using
them for their fur.
They are being
taken and put into
captivity to try
and breed. Also
known as Captive
Breeding.
• http://www.bu.edu/gk12/olga/EastSiberianTaiga.htm