Frozen taiga forest in magical light, Finland. The Taiga is the greatest forest on Earth, containing at least a third of all the world’s trees. The vast stretches of forest are restricted to one or two species of tree, usually conifer. Life is scarce in these forests as conifer needles are hard to digest. Some of the trees can be loaded with as much as three tonnes of snow. This is why conifers tend to be cone shaped with sloping sides to ...
more Frozen taiga forest in magical light, Finland. The Taiga is the greatest forest on Earth, containing at least a third of all the world’s trees. The vast stretches of forest are restricted to one or two species of tree, usually conifer. Life is scarce in these forests as conifer needles are hard to digest. Some of the trees can be loaded with as much as three tonnes of snow. This is why conifers tend to be cone shaped with sloping sides to encourage the snow to slide off. Frozen Planet
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