Producers of the Taiga such as its conifers and groups of low ground vegetation like shrubs, ferns, and moss store the energy of sun by photosynthesis and thrive off of organic materials as well as water and carbon dioxide. They provide the food source for first order consumers such as elk and moose who feed off the foliage of the forest to survive. Secondary consumers in a Taiga include carniferous animals such as wolves or lynx, which hunt and consume primary consumers to live. Lynx can also represent the tertiary order, feeding off secondary consumers such as birds and other smaller animals that eat rodents or insects. Birds of prey, foxes, weasles, and skunks can all be considered secondary consumers. Decomposers in a Taiga are mainly fungi such as mushrooms as well as earth worms, soil bacteria, nematodes, and various types of protozoans.
Above is a food web representing the separate orders of consumers, producers, and decomposers.
Producers
Primary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Decomposers
