Boreal Forest

By

Drew Strella & Jordan Temple

Physical characteristics• Soil is poor and acidic due to the fallen

pine needles from the trees

• The winters in the taiga are very cold with only snowfall. The summers are warm, rainy, and humid. 

• In the summer temperature ranges from 20ºF-70ºF In the winter, -65ºF-30ºF

• The total precipitation in a year is 30 - 85 cm most of it is rain in the during the summer.

Major plant life

Common Plants

•Douglas Fir

•Yellow Birch

•Black Willow

•Western Hemlock

•Mountain Alder

•Wild Garlic

•May Apple

The Boreal Forest is a Coniferous forest. Most of the trees grow needles and cones instead of leaves and flowers.

Animals

• Elk

• Mountain Goat

• Wild Boar

• Reindeer

• Brown Booby

• Gray Heron

• American Bittern

Facts

• It is one of the largest intact ecosystems on the planet

• It contains 25% of the worlds remaining original forests

• 325 different bird species live here

• More than 26 million ducks nest and breed here yearly

• Over 80% of the worlds liquid freshwater is found here

Sources

• www.marietta.edu• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm• http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/08/30-fascinating-

facts-about-the-boreal-forst.php• http://forestethics.org/ontarios-boreal-forest-1• http://www.bioexpedition.com/taiga-biome.html