Plants

        Here are some facts about plants in the Taiga

• Did you know that there are more than 5,000 species in the Taiga?

• Did you know that the American pine tree can live over 8,000 years?

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jack pine

•  The Jack pine usually grows to be twenty-seven meters tall and sixteen and thirty-two centimeter diameter around the trunk. As it grows it gets rounder and rounder around the crown area.The bark of the jack pine is a reddish-brown. The bark is also flat.