Plants and animals
The major plant groups are the Coniferous trees. The Balsam Fir is the top tree type in the Taiga. There is the Douglas Fir, which grows to 40-60 feet tall and 15-25 feet wide. The white poplar is used to make boxes and crates. Siberian Spruce takes up 5.7% of the total area of the Boreal Forest. Some other plants are the Balsam Fir, Black Spruce, Paper Birch, Siberian
Spruce, and White Poplar. Some major animals are the American Black Bear, Bald Eagle, Bobcat, Canadian Lynx, Gray Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Red Fox, River Otter, Wolverine, Siberian Tiger (endangered), and the Moose. A few types of Fungi are Sulfur Fungi, Saprogenic Declina, Leccinum versipelle, and Honey Fungus. Protists in the Taiga are Zooplankton, Testate Amoebae, and Sarcomastigophora.
Symbiotic Relationships
•Predation: The Coyote, Gray Wolf, Red Fox, Wolverine and Black Bear.
•Mutualism: Moss growing on a tree.
•Parasitism: Brain worms and Caribou.
•Commensalisms: Bald Eagles, which makes its nest, is a tree without harming; it benefits nature will benefiting itself.
•Mutualism: Moss growing on a tree.
•Parasitism: Brain worms and Caribou.
•Commensalisms: Bald Eagles, which makes its nest, is a tree without harming; it benefits nature will benefiting itself.
Invasive Species
Red Fox: Can grow up to 2.5 feet long, 10-12 pounds, a crusty red fur, white tipped bushy tail, attacks and eats farm animals like chicken and ducks.