By Sheridan Hussey
Symbiotic Relationships
Biome: ____Taiga____
Mutualism
A parasite that helps an animal stay healthy
A small parasite eats the dead skin off the American black bear. The parasite benefits because it gain nutrients and the bear benefits because the dead skin cells are removed.
Commensalism
A bird nesting in a tree
A Bohemian Waxwing will nest in a Balsam Fir in the summer so it can breed. No harm comes to the tree and the Bohemian Waxwing will have a safe place to nest and raise its young.
Parasitism
A parasite living on an animal.
An American Black Bear can contract the Winter Tick off other animals that already have it. The bear gets sick from lack of blood, where as the tick benefits from the nurturance in the bears blood.
Biome Profile
Brief Description· · · · Location
Location:
In the Northern Hemisphere, in northern Europe, northern Asia and Canada. Between 50 degrees latitude north and the Arctic circle.
Example 1:
Boreal Forests in Canada
Example 2:
Climate
In the winter it is very cold, between -54C and -1C, and summer is a bit warmer, between -7C and 20C
PLANTS
vEvergreen trees
vConifers
vSpruce
vHemlock
vFir
ANIMALS
vBohemian Waxwing (bird)
vRed-Throated Loon (bird)
vErmine (weasel)
vLynx (wild cat)
vEuropean Red Squirrel