Scandinavian And Russian Taiga

The scandinavian taiga is an ecoregion within the taiga and boreal forests biome as defined by the wwf classification 1 it is situated in northern europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south and occupies about 2 156 900 km in norway sweden finland and the northern part of european russia being the largest ecoregion in europe.

Scandinavian and russian taiga. The scandinavian and russian taiga consists of coniferous forests dominated by pinus sylvestris in drier locations often with an understory of juniperus communis picea abies and picea obovata and a significant admixture of betula pubescens and betula pendula. This ecoregion consists mainly of coniferous forest dominated by scots pine pinus sylvestris with a mixture of understory juniper spruces and birches. Scandinavian and russian taiga.

The scandinavian and russian taiga consists of coniferous forests dominated by pinus sylvestris in drier locations often with an understory of juniperus communis picea abies and picea obovata and a significant admixture of betula pubescens and betula pendula. The scandinavian and russian taiga make up the boreal ecoregion occupying finland norway sweden and some of western russia. In russia the world s largest taiga stretches about 5 800 kilometers 3 600 miles from the pacific ocean to the ural mountains.

Larix sibirica is characteristic of the eastern part of the ecoregion. It is situated in northern europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south and occupies about 2 156 900 km 832 800 mi in norway sweden. The scandinavian taiga is an ecoregion within the taiga and boreal forests biome as defined by the wwf classification ecoregion pa0608.