Taiga

By: Joyce S. and Madi K.
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 * tai·ga**[[image:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png]]**tahy**//uh//**gah**//noun// - the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.

The taiga biome is found mostly in the northern hemisphere, especially in Canada, northern Europe, and Alaska. It can be found in almost all of Russia. The taiga is sometimes near the tundra, and often "grouped" together. The taiga has a very small amount of protists, probably because it's so cold. There are protozoans, nematodes, rotifers, red algae, brown algae, green algae, brown algae, and diatoms. The bacteria in the taiga includes eubacteria, archea, myxobacteria, thermophiles and extremophiles. Archea live in the taiga because it is so cold, and archea live in extreme climates. The taiga also has a few fungi. There are many mushrooms, puffballs, slime and water mold, amoebas, siliates, flagellates, sporozoa, and sulfur fungi. The taiga has a large variety and amount of animals. There are caribou, bears, wolverine, owls, bobcats, eagles, foxes, weasels, lynx, racoons, moose, spiders, earthworms and grouse. Most animals are adapted to the weather. Some of the plants in the taiga include the following trees: larch, spruce, fir, pine, broad leaf, birch, aspen, willow, rowan, hickory, and Jack Pine. There is also grasses, ferns and many mosses. Most plants -like animals- cannot live in the taiga because of the cold climate. __**Climate:**__ The taiga biome has a harsh continental climate with a very large temperature range between summer and winter. The winter is freezing cold, and the summers are not very warm either. Aside from the tundra and permanent ice caps, it is the coldest biome on Earth. Winters last at least 5-6 months, with average temperatures below freezing, somewhere around −65°F to 30°F. Summer also lasts about 5 or 6 months, and the temperature ranges from 30°F to 70°F. The summers are generally warm and humid. The areas closer to the equator is more variable, depending on rainfall. The taiga experiences relatively low precipitation throughout the year (12-33 inches annually), mostly as rain during the summer months, but also as fog and snow. As evaporation is also low for most of the year, precipitation passes evaporation and is a big part of the amount of vegetation growth. Snow may remain on the ground for as long as nine months straight!
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