Yukon Pond Hanging Tapestry

A view of the taiga of the far north. Add your own text. The taiga, or boreal forest, covers vast parts of the high-latitude north from Northern Europe through European Russia and Siberia, to Alaska and Canada, between the steppes to the south and the treeless tundra farther to the north. The taiga is chraacterised by all but endless conifer forest, the swampy land dotted with lakes and ponds. The Black Spruce, Picea mariana, is very common and takes on a columnar form when growing in wet terrain as in this view from near Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory. During the summer mosquitoes can be unbelievably numerous.