AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The taiga or boreal forest is a biome that resides in the northern hemisphere, right below the tundra. The taiga biome is mostly found in Canada, Russia, and the Nordic countries. The taiga is very cold, but the ground thaws for a short period to allow larger plants, like trees, to grow.

Detailed explanation-2: -The taiga lies between the tundra to the north and temperate forests to the south. Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia have taigas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tundra and taiga biomes are both found in very cold climates, but they do have some key differences. One major difference is that the taiga biome mainly consists of trees while the tundra biome has none. The tundra biome also has two sub-categories, the Arctic tundra, and the Alpine tundra.

Detailed explanation-4: -taiga, also called boreal forest, biome (major life zone) of vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in northern circumpolar forested regions characterized by long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia. Much of Alaska and about half of Canada are in the tundra biome.