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Tundra Abiotic Factors
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Tundra Abiotic Factors
Tundra means land without trees and its come from the Finnish word tunturia, meaning treeless plain.
Characteristic features of Tundra
cold climate
small biotic diversity
plain vegetation structure
Short season of growth and reproduction
Energy and nutrients in the form of dead organic material
Large population oscillations
Representative Flora and Fauna
The Tundra has a lot of plant life within this biome. Some common plants include the bearberry, arctic moss, Caribou moss, Diamond leaf willow, Labrador Tea, Pasque Flower, and the Tufted Saxifrage.
Adaptations
Animals: In the Arctic Tundra there are many animals that survive and thrive despite the cold and harsh climate.
Examples:
Polar Bear
Caribou
Arctic Fox
Muskox
Adaptations
Plants: Small plants grow close to the ground for warmth.
Fuzzy stems provide protection from wind.
Geographic Location
Permafrost is a layer of frozen soil and dead plants that extends some 1,476 feet (450 meters) under the surface. In much of the Arctic, it is frozen year round. In the southern regions of the Arctic, the surface layer above the permafrost melts during the summer and this forms bogs and shallow lakes that invite an explosion of animal life.
Tundra map
Major Threats
• The melting of the permafrost as a result of global warming could radically change the landscape and what species are able to live there.
Solutions
• Switch to alternative energy uses to minimize human-made global warming.