Polar Tundra Animals And Plants
Despite its cold temperatures there are many animals who live in the polar biome 3.
Polar tundra animals and plants. Their are many types of animals that survive in the cold tundra like a the polar. The Pine tree has small animals hunting for its twigs and leaves such as the Arctic Hare. Only a thin layer of soil called the active layer thaws and refreezes each year.
One to three class periods. Wolves are the top predators. Two main vegetation zones are found in the polar lands.
Animals - Polar bears live in the Arctic and penguins live in the Antarctic. Cetacea mammals that are divided into two broad groups toothed and baleen. Tundra Animals and plants.
Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm. The Labrador Tea is a plant that mostly grows in the Southern part of the Tundra and there can grow up to about 5 feet but in the northern Tundra when they are found they stay close to the ground and uneaten by most animals because they can be poisonous if eaten even though they are rich in Vitamin C. Bears Polar Bears diets consist mainly of seals.
Animals in the tundra are also adapted to extreme conditions and they take advantage of the temporary explosion of plant and insect life in the short growing season. The tundra plants consist mostly of mosses grasses lichens sedges and shrubs. Approximately 1700 species of plants live on the Arctic tundra including flowering plants dwarf shrubs herbs grasses mosses and lichens.
A very simple plant without stems or leaves that grows in or near water. Bears will use a variety of tactics while hunting seals and. They are very cold and have little precipitation.