On the left are two images, one of the boreal fauna (Moose, Right) and boreal flora (Hemlock Tree, Left). The moose has adapted with long legs and a thick body to move through snow and deep wet conditions, it grows a thicker of insulation during the winter months, it's two hoove 'toes' are spread wide apart to prevent the moose from sinking extremely far into the snow during the winter months and the hair on a moose is wider at the tip than at the base to provide an insulating layer providing more warmth. The Eastern Hemlock is most well known for it's adaption to shade, it is very tolerant of shade and can grow in very low-light conditions. So in a deep boreal forest where other coniferous trees dominate the forest canopy and little light is let through the tree will still manage to grown and mature at roughly 31 metres or 100 feet. Both have excellent physical qualities to adapt to the boreal environment, as their bodies are shaped to deal with the climate, conditions and terrain to survive properyl in a boreal forest biome.
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