Mary Allen
Taiga wani nau'i ne na musamman na gandun daji na coniferous da ake samu kawai a arewa mai nisa. Kalmar taiga ta fito ne daga harshen Rashanci kuma tana nufin: m, da ba za a iya shiga ba, sau da yawa daji mai fadama. Taiga tana wanzuwa ne a yankin arewa kawai, domin babu isasshen fili a yankin kudancin wannan yankin na yanayi. Ƙasar da ke cikin taiga ta kasance daskarewa duk shekara a wurare da yawa, don haka yana da permafrost.
Taiga tana cikin yankin yanayin sanyi mai tsananin sanyi. Akwai dogayen hunturu masu sanyi a nan tare da dusar ƙanƙara mai yawa. Lokacin bazara gajere ne, amma kuma yana iya yin zafi sosai a wasu lokuta. Mafi girman yankin taiga wanda har yanzu ya yi daidai da yanayi yana kan iyaka tsakanin Kanada da Alaska. A Turai, alal misali, ana iya samun manyan wuraren taiga a Sweden da Finland. Arewacin taiga ya ta'allaka ne tundra.
Ana kuma kiran taiga "Boreal coniferous daji". Wato, a cikin taiga galibi bishiyoyin coniferous suna girma spruce, Pine, fir, da larch. Wannan shi ne yafi saboda conifers ko da yaushe kore. Ta wannan hanyar, za su iya amfani da ɗan ƙaramin hasken rana da ke wurin a duk shekara don aiwatar da photosynthesis. Waɗannan bishiyoyi suna da siriri sosai don haka za su iya ɗaukar dusar ƙanƙara akan rassan. Ba su da yawa kamar a cikin dazuzzukanmu, don haka akwai daki mai yawa a tsakanin bushes, musamman blueberries, da kafet na gansakuka da lichen. A wasu kwarurukan koguna, akwai wuraren da ake jika. Birch da aspens, watau bishiyu masu tsiro, suma suna iya girma a wurin.
Yawancin dabbobi masu shayarwa daga dangin marten suna zaune a cikin taiga, gami da otter. Amma akwai kuma barewa da yawa da moose da kyarkeci, lynxes, bears brown, ja foxes, zomaye, beavers, squirrels, coyotes da skunks, da sauran dabbobi masu shayarwa. Hakanan akwai nau'ikan tsuntsaye kusan 300 daban-daban. Duk da haka, yana da sanyi sosai a cikin taiga ga masu amphibians da dabbobi masu rarrafe.