Taiga+period+8

**Taiga period 8: Noah and Gavin**


**Facts/characteristics of the Biome:** The Taiga is basically sub-tundra. Winters are long, cold, and dry and receives very little sunlight. Precipitation falls as rain in summer and snow in winter Conifers grow a lot in the tundra. Conifers are evergreens, meaning they are green year-round. **Location of the Biome**: The Taiga is located in norhtern North America (i.e. Canada, Alaska) and northern Europe and Asia.

**Consumers/Animals living in the biome** : Porcupine Bass Moose

Owls Wolverines Weasles Bears ARCTIC FOX

**Producers/Plants living in the biome:** Red Cedar Trees Black Spruce Trees Aspen and Birch trees Wild Roses Various berries Coniferous trees spruce hemlock pine fir ** Dominant (keystone) species in the biome: ** Berries Insects Deer ARCTIC FOX
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**Average Temperature Range for the biome:**

The winters, as you can see, are really cold, with lots of snow. The average temperature is below freezing for six months out of the year. The winter temperature range is -54 to -1° C (-65 to 30° F). The summers are mostly warm, rainy and humid. They are also very short with about 50 to 100 frost free days. Temperature range in the summer gets as low as -7° C (20° F). The high in summer can be 21° C (70° F). ** Annual Precipiation for the biome: ** The total precipitation in a year is 30 - 85 cm (12 - 33 in). The forms the precipitation comes in are rain, snow and dew. Most of the precipitation in the taiga falls as rain in the summer.

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