The taiga forest is the largest ecosystem in North Eurasia, North America and Scandinavia. Plants of the taiga are represented mostly coniferous trees, mosses, lichens, and small shrubs. However, there are several types of taiga forests, which are dominated by certain plants. Taiga forests are divided into light-coniferous taiga, which is dominated by pine and larch, and dark coniferous taiga is dominated by spruce,Siberian cedar, fir. The soil of the taiga is soddy-podzolic, acid.