Tundra Biome Animals And Plants
The Tundras Animals and Plants.
Tundra biome animals and plants. Arctic Tundra reindeer muskox polar bear wolf snowy owl Alpine Tundra mountain goat ibex snow leopard golden eagle Antarctic Tundra king penguin seal Boreal Forest wood bison bull moose eurasian lynx brown bear beaver stoat woodpecker Canada jay. Each is able to support certain types of plant and animal life. Due to the harsh conditions of the tundra biome there are only certain animals that can survive in this environment.
Arctic Moss Arctic Willow Caribou Moss Labrador Tea Arctic Poppy Cotton Grass Lichens and Moss. They have a high tolerance for the cold. Just as fur traps air and acts as an insulator in animals hairy outgrowths on plants keeps their temperature more moderate and prevents freezing.
The musk ox will move further to find these sources of food than to find a mate. These amazing polar bears live in this Tundra biome. To name a few common plants there are the bearberry arctic moss Diamond Leaf Willow Caribou moss and many more.
In the tundra the animals eat these plants to survive and acquire energy to stay warm and hopefully healthy to keep them going. The prominent plants include varieties of mosses lichens sedges perennial grasses and cushion plants. Animals such as mammals and birds.
And the musk ox which is a large vegetarian mammal that lives in cold snowy regions - similar to the. Also nearly all the Tundras vegetation have adapted in some way to help reinforce the survival of their species. The caribou has lots of thick hide and is able to also.
Almost all the plants that are in the Tundra biome are in the Alpines region and there are none in the most Northern parts of the biome in the North Pole and South Pole. As far as animals exclusive to the Tundra Biome there is the arctic fo x a small mammal that is very populous in these regions. Animal Adaptations in the Tundra Biome Animals have many adaptations to survive in this harsh environment.