Alaskan Tundra Animals And Plants

Some tundra plants such as Labrador tea and Arctic dryad retain old leaves rather than dropping them.

Alaskan tundra animals and plants. Other plants such as Kamchatka rhododendron achieve extra protection by growing in dense mats or cushions. Besides the animals that inhabit the tundra year-round there are. Robin Dublin Karen L.

The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food. Dwarf Dogwood Labrador Tea Caribou Moss Diamond Leaf Willow Bearberry Lichens Arctic Mossand Bearberry. These amazing polar bears live in this Tundra biome.

TUNDRA ANIMALS AND PLANTS. Those living in the icy water have blubber a thick layer of fat under the skin. These creatures and plants are adapted to live in colder climates and thrive in Alaskas tundra biome.

Grab a leaf and look closely on the underside and you will find it covered with thick orange hairs. Some animals stay all year round others migrate to warmer places for the winter. The bearberry is a low growing plant with leathery leaves and silky hairs that provide protection from the cold and wind of Barrow Alaska.

The animals and plants in the tundra depend on each other to survive. Create food chains for the ocean and the tundra. Due to the large number of small rodents and mammals predators such as arctic foxes and snowy owls also inhabit the tundra.

The arctic willow is a dwarf shrub that is very small and low to the ground so it can stay warm and survive in the tundra. Animals that eat both other animals and plants are called omnivores. Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm.