Created by,Emily Burns

Francine CromerAndrea McDonald

andJade Phillips

The Boreal Forest

Climate1. It has colder climate than other places.

2. Winters are the coldest time of year in the

boreal forests.

3. The snow can reach heights over our heads.

4. The summers are rainy and warm enough to

melt all the snow.

5. Average temperature are 10 degrees celsius.

6. They have short cool summers and long

frigid winters.

7. Light precipitation mainly focusing in

summer. Average rainfall- 20-200 cm. of rain.

Picture of comparasion between summer and winter

Location Located in North America , the

Appalachian mountains. Also located in the Eurasian territory. North of Deciduous forests South of the tundra.

Picture of location

Typical features.I. Most of the trees are coniferous.II. It’s damp.III. Trees are adapted to cold climate.

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Organisms and adaptations

TREES AND PLANTSMost of the trees are coniferous trees.Coniferous trees are almost like pine

trees they have leaves in the shape of needles this is to hold in moisture.

These trees include fir, spruce, hemlock & others.

Their adaptations include thick waxy needles to hold in water to keep from evaporating.

ORGANISMS AND ADAPTATIONS

ANIMALS Many of the animals that live here eat the

seeds of coniferous trees because they are simply easiest to find instead of hunting or foraging.

Those animals include red squirrels, insects, finches, and chickadees.

But the predators and herbavores include snowshoe hares, moose, and beavers.

the carnivores include wolves bears falcons owls and siberian tigers

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