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 * NORTHWEST CONIFEROUS FOREST (TAIGA)**

**Facts/characteristics of the Biome:**
 * Most common in places like upper Canada, Alaska, and in upper Russia
 * Winter lasts up to 6 or 7 months.
 * Because of the earths tilt in the winter there are long nights and in the summer there are long days.
 * surrounds the great lakes
 * There are all kinds of different trees like, Pine, Spruce, Yew, and the worlds tallest trees called Redwood.
 * temperatures can drop quickly but rise enough in the spring to melt the ice.
 * Precipitation is primarily in the form of snow, 40-100 cm annually.
 * Soil is thin, nutrient-poor, and acidic.
 * There are often snow covered mountains and hills covered in thick forests



**Location of the Biome**:
 * **It extends all through Canada and into the interior of Alaska.**
 * **Also found in upper Russia.**
 * **Northern Hemisphere**



**Consumers/Animals living in the biome** :
 * Animals must be well adapted to weather change
 * There are many animals in the taiga including moose
 * Many Black and Brown bears dominate
 * Red foxes and grey wolves
 * Bald eagle


 * Fish in rivers are common
 * animals that can survive in cold temperatures
 * Woodpeckers
 * Hawks
 * Moose
 * Snowy owl
 * Gray owl
 * <span style="color: #c61547; font-family: 'arial black','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Weasels
 * <span style="color: #c61547; font-family: 'arial black','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Deer
 * <span style="color: #c61547; font-family: 'arial black','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Chipmunks
 * <span style="color: #c61547; font-family: 'arial black','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Shrews
 * <span style="color: #c61547; font-family: 'arial black','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Bats

**Producers/Plants living in the biome:**
 * Balsam, Douglas, and white fir trees are common
 * Black, White, and Siberian spruce trees
 * Eastern red Cedar
 * Many pine coniferous trees
 * YEw
 * There are all kinds of different trees, and the worlds tallest trees called Redwood.
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/images/ic/credit/640x395/t/te/temperate_coniferous_forest/temperate_coniferous_forest_1.jpg caption="View up into the canopy of sequoia redwoods "]]

** Dominant (keystone) species in the biome: **
 * Big animals such as the Black bear are dominant keystone animals.
 * moose
 * foxes
 * bald eagles

**Average Temperature Range for the biome:**
 * The average temperature for the Taiga is 50 F.
 * Temperatures fall more on clear nights when their is no cloud cover. This is because of the earths tilt is turned away from the sun in the winter. Since there is less of the sun's radiation it reaches to the ground to warm it up.


 * <span style="color: aqua; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif';">The average temperature in a taiga is usually below freezing for 6 months a year

** Annual Precipiation for the biome: **
 * **The annual precipitation is about 20 inches.**
 * **In Easteren regions it can range to 10 inches, into the interior of Alaska.**
 * **<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">yearly precipitation ranges from 12-33 inches **
 * **<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Although there is some winter snowfall, most precipitation comes in the warm humid months in the summer. **
 * [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_dzZzDypDV0r6f47vjT_41TPAY_7btxVsZl0yefhPta9xcqGfUg:leightonscience5.wikispaces.com/file/view/rainfall.gif/41952807/rainfall.gif width="276" height="183"]]