Taiga Food Web

Taiga Food Web

Kierstan Mullins- Period 7

Taiga- A snow forest; the world's largest terrestrial biome

Northern Region

The Sun

The sun is the main energy source that starts the food web

Decomposers

Mushrooms

A fungal growth

Primary Consumer

Primary Producers

Ground Squirrel

A burrowing squirrel

Grass

Grass is very much apparent in the Taiga Biome because it is a temperate grassland

Secondary Consumer

Red Fox

A fox with a reddish coat;

common

Primary Consumer

Snowshoe Hare

Primary Producers

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A hare with small ears and

a white winter coat to protect

against cold temperatures

White Spruce

A coniferous tree that is yellow-green

or blue-green in needles

Tertiary Consumer

Secondary Consumer

Primary Consumer

Northern Hammer Hawk-Owl

Insects

Passerine Bird

Small arthropods

Primary Producer

This owl has many features that

are similar to the hawk

Small to medium sized birds

that make up more than half

of all living birds

Grey Willow

A willow shrub

that has white twigs

Secondary Consumer

Primary Producer

Great Horned Owl

Aspen

Decomposer

Primary Consumer

A large owl that gets it's

name from their ear tufts

that look like horns

Conk Trunk

Willow Ptarmigan

Trees that are native to cold regions and are deciduous

A fungal growth that

grows around the

trunk of a tree

A grouse with a reddish-

brown plumage

Secondary Consumer

Lynx

Primary Consumer

A wild cat with a

short tail and

tufted ears

Red Squirrel

A tree squirrel with a

reddish coat