Tundra Habitat Animals And Plants
Snow covers the ground for nine months of the year when plants cannot grow.
Tundra habitat animals and plants. Most tundra is around the Arctic Circle but there is also tundra near Antarctica and on high mountains. Each card has a colored strip. Some animals in the tundra eat these plants to survive and get energy to.
Many animals found on the tundra are migratory species moving in to eat the plants in the summer but leaving again before the hard winter. The tundra is home to the arctic fox wolverines polar bears northern bog lemmings muskox arctic terns muskoxen and snow buntings. The arctic tundra is also a windy place and winds can blow between 30 to 60 miles 48 to 97 kilometers per hour.
Polar bears yaks mountain goats snowy owls and arctic foxes are just a few of the unique animals found living in the tundra biome. At the base of a mountain there are often deciduous forests filled with various animals and plants. During the summer the days receive 24 hours of sun.
The tundra is a terrestrial biome that is characterized by extreme cold low biological diversity long winters brief growing seasons and limited drainage. The region is cold dry and windy. Tundra 2 alpine high altitude tundra and 3 the maritime tundra present on Alaskas western and southwestern coast.
Plants and animals live together in many different environments all around. Due to the large number of small rodents and mammals predators such as arctic foxes and snowy owls also inhabit the tundra. The arctic tundra has different plants.
The habitat has a long and brutal winter and the barren landscape provides many challenges. Alaskas tundra climates are characterized by a short growing. Caribou moss reindeer moss is seen growing abundantly in the alpine tundra.