: a moist subarctic forest dominated by conifers (such as spruce and fir) that begins where the tundra ends
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By September, aspen and balsam poplar trees at the entrance are a brilliant yellow, and scrub vegetation (also known as the taiga) turns rust colored, making for an impressive vista.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Over the course of nearly a decade, the documentary follows a religious community in the Siberian taiga.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the Northern Hemisphere.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Rather than dropping 100 competitors into a single map as PUBG does, Prologue puts a lone player in a wooden cabin in a randomized taiga forest eight square kilometers in size.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Over the course of nearly a decade, the documentary follows a religious community in the Siberian taiga.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the Northern Hemisphere.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Rather than dropping 100 competitors into a single map as PUBG does, Prologue puts a lone player in a wooden cabin in a randomized taiga forest eight square kilometers in size.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Taiga.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taiga. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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taiga
noun
tai·ga
ˈtī-gə 
: a moist northern forest that consists mostly of cone-producing trees (as pines, spruces, and firs) and begins where the tundra ends
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