A northern forest, as in the boreal forest Biome, characterized by evergreen conifers and long winters. The boreal forest, also referred to as a Taiga, is found in the northern parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. Temperate forest is a forest that grows in regions with moderate temperatures, found north and south of tropical forests. “The temperate forest experiences warm, enjoyable summers, and cold, often harsh winters. With these winters comes snow toward the northern range of the forests, rapidly decreasing in amount near the southern end. The growing season lasts about six months, and the twenty to sixty inches of precipitation is distributed fairly evenly throughout the year. Conditions such as heavy tree cover and mild, damp summers allow organic materials to build up on the forest floor. These materials eventually turn into humus, a brown or black material resulting from the decay of organic materials. It forms the organic portion of the soil. http://library.thinkquest.org/17456/temperateall.html The boreal forest is a band of coniferous trees that spreads across North America, Europe, and Asia and, before logging and settlement, nearly encircled the northern latitudes of the globe. This is a land of "Christmas trees": spruce, pine, and fir. In more northern areas, the boreal forest gradually thins out into patches of small, scraggly trees, and eventually open tundra. There are also some areas at high elevations where the boreal forest can extend much farther south than usual, for example in the Appalachian Mountains. http://library.thinkquest.org/17456/boreal1.html “

The boreal forest Biome, characterized by evergreen for long winters..The boreal forests are found in the northern parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. A temperate forest is a forest that grows in regions with warm temperatures, found north and south of tropical forests.

because boreal forest are like tundra forest that mostly have have conifers(coniferous forest).while temperate forests have decidious and coniferous trees