Transcript science projec tneed - cooklowery14-15

By: Timmy w.
Intro
The trees in the Taiga are mainly spruce, pine, and fir.
The plants adapt to harsh weather in this
environment, like icy and snowy winters. For
example, the needles of the pine are very smooth to
help keep water inside the dark casing. The spruce's
cone like shape allows them to shed ice and sleet more
efficiently. Berry bushes that thrive in this biome are
blueberry, bilberry, and cowberry. Berry bushes are
a vital food source for mammals, birds and some types
of insects. Not very common trees that grow in the
Taiga are birch, oak, willow, and alder. They live in
particularly wet or disturbed areas.
Balsam fur
You can find this in northern north America. The
balsam fur can grow up to 40-80 feet. A thick base
until the top witch is a spiky kind of top.
Black Spruce
A black spruce is a tall tree that grows up to 25 meters.
This tree grows in the taiga biome. As the tree gets
older the crown on the tree gets more like a spike and
develops like other plants in this biome.
Jack Pine
Jack pine usually grows up to be 27 meters tall and 32
centimeter diameter around the trunk. The jack pine
has needles instead of leaves and long slender sticks.
Douglas furs
Douglas-firs are very big. They can grow from 40 to 60
feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide. Because of this they are
one of the most important lumber trees in the world.
The eastern red seeder
The Eastern Red Cedar is a small evergreen that
commonly grows to a height of 10-50 feet. Its name is
misleading since it is a juniper and not a cedar. Its
range is from Nova Scotia to northern Florida, and
west to the Dakotas and Texas.
Paper Birch
Paper birch trees have a thin bark that peels in
horizontal layers which separates into sheets, almost
like paper. Birch trees can grow in pairs or clusters.
White Spruce
Most spruce needles are four-sided, stiff, and less than
one inch long, 2.5 centimeters to be exact. Woody, like
projections help join the needles to the twigs. Spruce
trees grow tall and most are shaped like pyramids.
Some grow as tall as one hundred and fifty feet, mostly
the white spruce.
White poplar
Poplars do not live very long. It is illegal to plant poplars
along streets in some cities because they clog
underground drainpipes and sewers. Poplar wood is
light whitish/brownish in color. It is soft, light, and
fairly weak.
Links
www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm
http://borealbiome.weebly.com/weather.html