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Biomes: Boreal/Taiga Your Name Geography 12 M. Toews

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Biomes: Boreal/Taiga Your Name Geography 12 M. Toews

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  1. Biomes: Boreal/TaigaYour Name Geography 12 M. Toews Canada’s boreal forest covers 58 per cent of Canada and is home to countless lakes, rivers and wetlands. (HAND-OUT / DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/06/26/indigenous-partnerships-hold-the-key-to-conserving-canadas-boreal-forests.html

  2. Vegetation Types Coniferous Trees dominate (often know as evergreens) Lodgepole pines are common throughtout the taiga. http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=pinus_contortus Pine tree needles are attached in clusters whereas Spruce and Fir trees are attached individually https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2005/nov/061401.htm

  3. Vegetation and Animal Adaptations Check out the funky cones! I can’t see anything! Camouflage In winter some animals, including snowhoe hare and ptagmigan, turn white to blend with the snow. http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm%3Fadfg=boreal.ecology The slender, conical shapes of many boreal forest trees help them to shed snow http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=pinus_contortus

  4. 3 slides - each with one more animal or vegetation adaptation.

  5. Soil Forming Features and Processes Typically Podzols or Spodosols (from the Russian, ‘under the ash’). Several thousand years after glaciation ends  soils stabalize and are typically poorly-developed and well-drained. Lack of decomposing vegetation and a cold climate contribute to lack of soil development. Glacial till beneath the surface may contribute to good drainage while permafrost can create an impermeable layer causing bogs and wetlands to form. Podzoils tend to greyish-sand. https://www.google.com/search?q=image+of+podzol&safe

  6. Climate Can you see where Thomson, Mb is…? Taiga is found across the mid to high latitudes in the northern hemisphere. https://www.britannica.com/science/taiga Thomson, Manitoba, Canada, has a climate representative of that typically found in the taiga. https://airfreshener.club/quotes/climate-graph-taiga-canada.html

  7. Limiting Factors Two types of limiting factors: 1.density-dependent - limiting factor is affected by the density of a population. For example, in thick boreal forest, a density-dependent limiting factor can be light, as it often won't reach the ground until a tree falls. Saplings can only grow in areas where space for light is available. A density-independent - limiting factor which unaffected by the size of a population.  For example, temperature and limited growing season. Many animal species cannot survive the cold winters and vegetation growth is severely limited due to the short summer. Banana’s don’t grow in the taiga due to needing a warmer climate https://www.aspenspecialtyfoods.com/growing-bananas 3 slides with limiting factors similar to

  8. Interest There are 3 things, in my mind, that makes the taiga special: 1. The boreal forest is named after Boreas, the Greek god of the North wind 2? 3? Boreas displayed on a Greek vase. https://www.theoi.com/Titan/AnemosBoreas.html

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