So What is Taiga Anyways?

So what is Taiga anyways?

The Taiga is a boreal forest which is the world's largest land ecosystem. The Taiga spans across the northern regions of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Asia and Europe. The Taiga forest is rich in plant life which helps provide the world with the oxygen it needs and helps control global warming. It is home to many animal species who rely on the forest for survival.

The taiga or boreal forest exists as a nearly continuous belt of coniferous trees across North America and Eurasia. Overlying formerly glaciated areas and areas of patchy permafrost on both continents, the forest is mosaic of successional and subclimax plant communities sensitive to varying environmental conditions. Taiga is the Russian name for this forest which covers so much of that country. However, the term is used in North America as well.

The taiga corresponds with regions of subarctic and cold continental climate. Long, severe winters (up to six months with mean temperatures below freezing) and short summers (50 to 100 frost-free days) are characteristic, as is a wide range of temperatures between the lows of winter and highs of summer.