There are a wide variety of plant species that you can come across in the Taiga, although Not many plants can survive the extreme cold of the taiga winter. There are some lichens and mosses, but most plants are coniferous trees, (also known as evergreens). These include the Balsam Fir, Black Spruce, Douglas-fir, Eastern Red Cedar, Jack Pine, Paper Birch, Siberian Spruce, White Fir, White Poplar, and White Spruce,