Going south of taiga you would reach the temperate regions of the planet. These regions experience moderate temperatures on average that change during four distinct seasons. They have long summers, not too severe winters and abundant precipitation spread over the whole year. These regions are dominated by broad leafed deciduous trees such as oak, hickory, maple, poplar, beech, sycamore, etc., that can survive the winter by dropping their leaves and going into a dormant state. Temperate regions are the most productive areas of the world with the best agricultural lands. You would recall that the tundra soils are poor because of extremely slow rate of decomposition of matter but in the temperate regions the decomposition rate is controlled.