What kinds of trees are characteristic of the Taiga biome?

Taiga region lies between 55° to 70° in the Northern hemisphere. Taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome. It covers most of Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Finland, inland Norway, Russia as well as parts of extreme Northern Continental US and northern Kazakhstan and Japan. read more

Evergreen species in Taiga(Spruce, Fir and Pine) have a number of adaptation specifically for survival in Harsh Taiga winters, although Larch, the most cold tolerant of all trees is deciduous. Although the Taiga is dominated by coniferous forest, some broadleaf trees also occur, notably Birch, Aspen, Willow, and Rowan. read more

Taiga Biome Characteristics. There isn’t very much annual precipitation that occurs in the taiga biome. There is some though in the summer months. This tends to create problems due to the heavy bark found on the trees there. The outbreak of fires during the summer months in the taiga biome is very high. read more

The taiga biome is sometimes called a coniferous forest. This is because it is home to many coniferous trees such as pine, spruce, fir, and hemlock. read more

Vegetation: Needleleaf, coniferous (gymnosperm) trees are the dominant plants of the taiga biome. A very few species in four main genera are found: the evergreen spruce (Picea), fir (Abies), and pine (Pinus), and the deciduous larch or tamarack (Larix). read more