Tundra Habitat Animals And Plants
The arctic tundra can be found in the northern parts of North America Europe and Asia.
Tundra habitat animals and plants. Sorting cards featuring 5 photographs each of mammals in forest grassland pond ocean desert and tundra habitats. During the summer the days receive 24 hours of sun. The prominent plants include varieties of mosses lichens sedges perennial grasses and cushion plants.
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 arctic tundra is also a windy place and winds can blow between 30 to 60 miles 48 to 97 kilometers per hour. The tundra is a cold habitat.
Polar bears yaks mountain goats snowy owls and arctic foxes are just a few of the unique animals found living in the tundra biome. The word tundra derived from a finnish word which means treeless land. Some remain all year though like the polar bear the musk ox and the snowy owl.
Tundra are the coldest areas on the planet and are quite different from every other habitat on earth. The plants growing in the alpine climate and at a higher elevation above the tree line are called alpine plants. The arctic tundra has different plants.
The habitat has a long and brutal winter and the barren landscape provides many challenges. Tundra 2 alpine high altitude tundra and 3 the maritime tundra present on Alaskas western and southwestern coast. One ragbandana or cloth for each student using three different colors for the class Arctic Species cards included Background The arctic is home to plants and animals adapted to take advan-tage of its unique climate.
The tundra is home to the arctic fox wolverines polar bears northern bog lemmings muskox arctic terns muskoxen and snow buntings. The harsh climate of the tundra imposes such formidable conditions on life that only the hardiest plants and animals can survive in this environment. Some common plants include the bearberry arctic moss caribou moss diamond leaf willow labrador tea pasque flower and the tufted saxifrage.