The Great Taiga's Plants.
Balsam Fir
The Balsam Fir is a small to medium sized native evergreen tree, which grows in northeastern North America, from Virginia to Newfoundland and northwest towards Yukon and Labrador. The Balsam Fir can grow to be about 40 to 80 feet tall, and it has a wide base, and a narrow top. The Balsam Fir is one of the major food supplies for the moose during the winter months, Red squirrels will only eat the male flower buds. During the winter months this tree also provides shelter for moose, deer and caribou because the snow is not as deep under them.
Black Spruce is a tall tree that can grow to be about 82.021 feet tall. Many animals do not eat from this tree, because it has very little food options to offer, but under starvation white tailed deer will eat the saplings, and many birds will eat the trees seeds. The Black Spruce is also used to build houses, they are used as Christmas trees, and they are used to make rope and antiscorbutic beverages.
Douglas-Firs are very big trees, they can grow to be about 40 to 60 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide. They are one of the most important lumber trees in the world because there wood is hard, dense, stiff, and durable. Native Americans once used these trees as fuel for cooking, and for fishing hooks and handles.
Eastern Red Cedar is a small evergreen tree, which usually grows about 10 to 50 feet tall. The tree’s fruit provides food for animals like pheasants, and other song birds. Many animals use it as food source and shelter during the winter months. The wood from this tree is also used to make fence posts and wooden pencils.
Jack pine are fairly large trees that grow to be about 88 feet tall. This tree gives its nurturance to animals, but mostly rodents. The Jack pine has two major uses. It is used to build house and it is used to make pulp for paper.
Paper Birch have thin bark that peels in horizontal layers which separates into sheets almost like paper. They grow to be about 60 to 80 feet tall. These trees were once used by Indians to make birch bark canoes, ornaments, and birch bark baskets with them. Siberians collect the sap from this tree to make syrup.
Siberian Spruce are very tall trees that grow to be about 98 feet tall. Moose eat the twigs of the tree, and birds also eat the seeds from this tree. These trees have been logged since the 1950’s for money and to build houses with them.
White Fir are tall trees that grow to be about 60 to 100 feet tall and can live to 300 years. The tree is also often used as a Christmas tree. Squirrels enjoy the White Firs seeds. Porcupines like to gnaw on the White Fir's bark. The tree is also a great home for the grouse and in the winter it makes a great roosting place and they can feed off of the buds and needles.
White Poplars are about 40 to 50 feet tall, and do not live very long. These trees are illegal to plant in some cities do to the fact that clog underground pipes, and sewers. These trees are often planted for shade because they grow fast and have a wide leave coverage. There wood is used to make creates and boxes, and it is used by paper mills to make pulp, and to make excelsior.