boreal forests
Subarctic conifer belt
Boreal forests, also called taiga, are the vast coniferous woodlands that stretch across the northern regions of North America, Europe, and Asia, forming one of Earth's largest biomes.
These forests are dominated by cold-hardy trees like spruce, pine, and fir, adapted to long winters and short growing seasons.
The boreal forests of Canada store enormous amounts of carbon in their soils and vegetation.
The term boreal comes from Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind.
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
- spruceNeat; also a conifer
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
larch · old growth · ecosystem · fir · wolves · wetlands · pine · carbon sink · lynx · caribou · moose tracks · carbon sequestration · climate change · biome · biodiversity · Scandinavia · Alaska · coniferous trees
boreal foreststropical rainforests
Warm, wet forest ecosystems
tropical forests · cloud forests · temperate rainforests · rainforests · mangrove forests
boreal forestsdeserts
Abandons or barren lands
arid zones · savannas · Sahara · grasslands · steppes