•The Taiga is also known as the Boreal Forests. Temperatures usually range from -54 to -1 ˚C ( -65 to 30 ˚F) in the winter and -7 to 21˚C (20-70 ˚F) in the summers. Winters are usually cold and snowing, while summers are warm, humid, and rainy. There are about 50-100 “frost free days” in the Taiga. Total precipitation ranges from 30-85 cm (12-33 in), and most forms of precipitation are rain in the summer months, along with snow and dew. (1) Very few organisms can survive the winter months, so most of the organisms in the taiga include: lichens, moss, pine, white spruce, hemlock, and douglas fir trees, lynx, snowshoe rabbits, red squirrels, red deer, elk, moose, and voles along with many insect and bird species. The Zabaikalsky National Park in Russia had a Taiga ecosystem with 44 mammals, 241 birds, 3 amphibians and 3 reptile species within it’s borders. (3)