Alaskan Tundra Animals And Plants

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.

Alaskan tundra animals and plants. Some tundra plants such as Labrador tea and Arctic dryad retain old leaves rather than dropping them. Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm. The Tundras Animals and Plants.

Lemmings musk oxen arctic foxes and wolves. Lemmings voles caribou arctic hares and squirrels are examples of tundra herbivores at the bottom of the food web. The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food.

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. ALASKAS TUNDRA WILDLIFE 2020 1 Alaskas Tundra Wildlife. Dwarf Dogwood Labrador Tea Caribou Moss Diamond Leaf Willow Bearberry Lichens Arctic Mossand Bearberry.

Grab a leaf and look closely on the underside and you will find it covered with thick orange hairs. 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. Sort animals and plants into the ocean or tundra ecosystem they live in.

Other plants such as Kamchatka rhododendron achieve extra protection by growing in dense mats or cushions. Identify the conditions needed in the ocean and on the tundra for animals and plants to live. These amazing polar bears live in this Tundra biome.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Often you can smell this plant before you see its blossom a cluster of 10-40 white flowers toward the tip of the stem. Some animals stay all year round others migrate to warmer places for the winter.