They are small mammals that mostly come out at night. The birds are the most interesting of all because they come in large and small sizes and they are predators and herbivores. Another predator is the bluejay which feeds on worms and bugs. Plants Most trees in the coniferous forest are evergreens which means that they keep their needles year round. They keep their needles to help keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Conifers are cone shaped to accommodate large amounts of snowfall in the winter.
The reason that these trees are some of the few species of trees that grow here are because of the harsh weather conditions. The climate in the coniferous forest is charaterized by strong seasonal variations with short moderately warm and moist summers and long, extremely cold and dry winters. The temperature range is extreme. The climate controls are altitude, geographic location, and latitude, and heating of land. The average rainfall in the coniferous forest is about 9.4 inches per month.