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Coniferous ForestLaurie St. Clair
Common Names
Evergreen Coniferous Forest
Boreal Forest
Taigas (tie-guhs)
Map
Where are they found…
South of the Artic Tundra in the Northern regions across North America, Asia, and Europe
Above certain altitudes in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains ranges in the USA
Climate
The Winters are long, dry, and extremely cold
Summers are short with cool & warm temperatures
Plants
Coniferous (cone-bearing)
Evergreen trees ex: spruce, cedar, hemlock, pine
Low Plant diversity because few can survive the winter and the decomposition is slow, making it harder for other plants to grow
Plant Adaptations
Keep their leaves year-round
Small, needle-shaped, wax covered leaves which can withstand the intense cold and droughts in the winter
Wildlife
Large variety of wildlife
Ex: bears, wolves, moose, lynx, burrowing rodents
Ex: Caribou spend the winter in taiga and the summer in the artic tundra
In the summer many birds come to eat the hoards of insects
Wildlife Adaptations
Thick fur
Food storage
Hibernation
Migration
Camouflage
Sharp fangs and claws
Food Web
Human Impacts
Out of all the types of forests, coniferous forest are thought to have been the least affected by humans yet now due to demand for paper, more trees are being cut down
most of the world’s softwood timber come from the coniferous forests
By hunting many of these animals, some species have become endangered
Fun Facts
The Coniferous Forests is the largest biome in the world
Taiga is the Russian term for coniferous forest
The three most dominant trees are fir, pine, and spruce
The Coniferous forest was named after the conifer tree that produces seeds and cones
Bibliography
http://a-z-animals.com/reference/coniferous-forest/
http://rrms-biomes.tripod.com/id3.html
https://gcps.desire2learn.com/d2l/lor/viewer/viewFile.d2lfile/6605/17446/Ecology6_print.html
http://kellyspage11.tripod.com/id1.html
Photos
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/boreal.htm
http://freebigpictures.com/forest-pictures/coniferous-forest/
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/areas/greatlakes/howwework/
http://nativeplantwildlifegarden.com/conifers-get-your-grow-on/
http://www.ehow.com/list_6745492_plants-living-coniferous-forest.html
http://www.london.d21.k12.il.us/teams/6discovery/CFanimals/index.htm
http://howlingforjustice.wordpress.com/
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/animals/photos/baby-animals/baby-black-bear/
http://vogeltalksrving.com/2011/08/yellowstone-grizzly-victim-identified/
Photos
http://theleekdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/student-cornered-by-wild-rabbits-we-just-wanted-to-touch-it/
http://www.bobschillereff.com/bighorn-sheep-gallery/h3F71E68F#h3f71e68f
http://good-wallpapers.com/animals/20595
http://slatermuseum.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-treat.html
http://earthjustice.org/irreplaceable/caribou
http://babyanimalzoo.com/baby-weasels-will-weasel-their-way-into-your-heart
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/the-year-of-the-tiger-beautiful-animals-on-the-brink-slideshow.html
http://bearmedicineherbals.com/wild-water-food-and-flowers.html