Taiga+Facts

=Taigan Facts Page=

===The Taiga has a long, harsh winter and a cool, short summer. In the winter, the Taiga's temperatures can get as low as -65 degrees Farenheit. The highest its been known to get in the winter is about 30 degrees Fahrenheit. The Taiga has a subarctic climate.=== = = =The Five Kingdoms in the Taiga= = =

__**KINGDOM MONERA**__

===There are two types of Monera, both of which are found in the taiga. The first type of monera is bacteria, a prokaryotic microorganism. Soil bacteria, and beterotrophic bacteria, and nematodes are among the many bacteria in the taiga. The other type of Monera is Cynobacteria. A few varieties of Cynobacteria commonly found in this diverse biome are Pleurozium Schreberi, Calothrix, and Nostoc.===


 * __KINGDOM PROTISTA__**

Like Monera, there are two varieties of Protists, protozoans and algae. Scientists have found //Testate Amoebae, Ixodes Persulcatus//, and //Sarcomastigophora// in Taiga regions.
===There are three kinds of Fungi found in the Taiga. These are threadlike, club, and sac fungi. In the club fungi category, lichen are //extremely// common in this biome. For threadlike fungi, there is //Saprolegnia declina//. This is a water mold that causes disease. There is sac fungi called //Leccinum versipelle//. There is also a fairly common fungus called Honey Fungus, or //Armillariella mellea.// ===There are 2 main varieties of plants, vascular and nonvasular. Nonvascular plants consist of mosses and liverworts, while vascular plants consist of club mosses, ferns, horsetails, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. Gymnosperms, plants with the seed are not enclosed in the ovary, in the taiga are Balsam Firs (//Abies balsamea//), Eastern Red Cedars (//Juniperous virginiana//), and black Spruce Trees. There are some ferns, horsetails, and angiosperms found in the Taiga, but they are uncommon.===
 * __KINGDOM FUNGI__**
 * __KINGDOM PLANTAE__**

===The two main kinds of animals are invertebrates (no backbone) and vertebrates (backbone). Among invertebrates there are sponges, coelenterates, flatworms, roundworms, segmented worms, earthworms (//Lumbricus terrestris//), mollusks, arthropods like the jumping spider (//Phidippus audas//), echinoderms, and many kinds of insects(//Class insecta//). Among vertebrates there are jawless fish, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds (//Class Aves//), and mammals. Common bony fishes in the taiga waters are Bass, Trout, and Salmon. There are amphibians in the taiga such as many varieties of frogs. Reptiles common in the taiga include turtles. A few birds (//Class Aves//) in the taiga are the long-eared owl (//Asiotus//), red-headed woodpecker (//Melanerpes erythrocepphalus//), Boreal chickadees, and Gray Jays. Just a few of the mammals that reside in the taiga are the bobcat (//Lynx rufus//), cottontail rabbit (//Sylvilagous//), many varieties of raccoon (//Procyon lotor//), black bear (//Euarctos americanus//), beaver (//Castor canadensis//), chipmunk (//Eutamias//), American moose (//Alces americanus//), Siberian tigers, and weasels. The most common animals of the Taiga are: American Black Bears, Bald Eagles, Bobcats, Wolverines, River Otters, Grey Wolves, Grizzly Bears, Canadian Lynx, Red Foxes, Long Eared Owls, and Snowshoe Rabbits.===
 * __KINGDOM ANIMALIA__**

Honey Fungus (//Armillariella mellea)//
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