Alaskan Tundra Animals And Plants
Alaska is home to many mammals besides the iconic polar bear.
Alaskan tundra animals and plants. Besides the animals that inhabit the tundra year-round there are. They often have a strong sense of smell to help them find food underneath the snow. From wolves to otters and Black Spruces to Yellow Marsh Marigolds Alaska is home to stunning and fascinating wild fauna and flora.
This rich diet enables them to rear their young in an otherwise bleak environment. Tundra wildlife includes small mammalssuch as Norway lemmings Lemmus lemmus arctic hares Lepis arcticus and arctic ground squirrels Spermophilus parryii and large mammals such as caribou. Lemmings musk oxen arctic foxes and wolves.
Create food chains for the ocean and the tundra. The Tundras Animals and Plants. Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm.
Eaten by migrating animals like birds Arctic Hare Arctic Fox Abiotic Plants Coat grows longer and thicker for winter multi-layer coat Biotic Form pesticide to keep insects away Grows 15 cm tall Endangered Organisms Of the Tundra Adaptations for Biotic Factors Wide. Brenda Duty 2020 Robin Dublin Jonne Slemons 1995 1999 2001 Editors. Some animals found on the Alaskan tundra include caribou arctic fox arctic hare arctic ground squirrel and arctic grizzly bear.
The animals and plants in the tundra depend on each other to survive. Some tundra plants such as Labrador tea and Arctic dryad retain old leaves rather than dropping them. Many Arctic animals live in the.
These amazing polar bears live in this Tundra biome. 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. Often you can smell this plant before you see its blossom a cluster of 10-40 white flowers toward the tip of the stem.