Taiga

By: Adam D. and Tanner K

===The taiga is the largest biome in the world. It covers large parts of Canada, Europe, and Asia. This forest is covered with coniferous trees. In fact, sometimes the taiga is called a coniferous forest. The taigia is mostly located in the northern hemisphere.===

The taiga climate is, for the most part, dominated by cold arctic air. Exceptionally cold winds bring bitterly cold air from the Arctic Circle: The temperatures fall even more on clear nights when there is no cloud cover. Because of earth's tilt, the taiga is turned away from the sun in the winter. Less of the sun's radiation reaches the ground to warm it up. Tempratures can go from -54°F-25°F in the winter and in the summer tempratures can range from 30°F-70°F. Rainfall can range from 12-33 inches. Most of the rain falls in the summer in the taiga biome.



**Community of organsims**
There are many different bacteria, protist, fungi, plants, and animals. Some types of bacteria are (Cynobacteria, photosynthesis) bacteria, myxobacteria, and archeabacteria. Archeabacteria is a bacteria that lives in very extreme climates. There are very few protist. One protist that does exist in the taiga is plantlike. There are also very little fungi. Some fungi that do live in the Taiga are lichens and Pholita terrestris. There are many plants and animals. You would see balsam fir trees, black spruce trees, paper birch trees. Some animals you would see are the American black bear. The American eagle and the wolverine.

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